quarrel

• 喧嘩する；議論する；小言を言う
• n. けんか；反感；不平；けんかの原因；四角四面な小言

ラテン語のqueri（けんかする、不平を言う）が語源。

quarrel

quarrel: English has two words quarrel, one of them now little more than a historical memory. Quarrel ‘argument’ [14] goes back via Old French querele to Latin querēla, a derivative of querī ‘complain’. Also based on querī was querulus ‘complaining’, from which English gets querulous [15]. Quarrel ‘crossbow arrow’ [13] comes via Old French quarel from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, a diminutive form of late Latin quadrus ‘square’ (the quarrel had a ‘square’ head). And quadrus was based on the stem quadr- ‘four’, source of English quadrangle, quadrant, quadruped, etc.
=> querulous; quarter

quarrel (n.1)

"angry dispute," mid-14c., originally "ground for complaint," from Old French querele "matter, concern, business; dispute, controversy" (Modern French querelle), from Latin querella "complaint, accusation; lamentation," from queri "to complain, lament." Replaced Old English sacan. Sense of "contention between persons" is from 1570s.

quarrel (n.2)

"square-headed bolt for a crossbow," mid-13c., from Old French quarel, carrel "bolt, arrow," from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, diminutive of Late Latin quadrus (adj.) "square," related to quattuor "four" (see four). Now-archaic sense of "square or diamond-shaped plane of glass" first recorded mid-15c.

quarrel (v.)

late 14c., "to raise an objection;" 1520s as "to contend violently, to fall out," from quarrel (n.1) and in part from Old French quereler (Modern French quereller). Related: Quarrelled; quarrelling.

1. They could quarrel quite legitimately with some of my choices.

彼らは私の選択に同意しない理由が大きい。

2.The monarchists are a small fringe group who quarrel fiercely among themselves.

君主主義者は、内部の争いが激しい非主流の小さな団体だ。

3.It could have happened during a quarrel between them over Naomi.

このことは、彼らがナオミのために口論している間に起きたのかもしれない。

4.The quarrel between the Serbs and the Croats is old and bitter.

セルビア人とクロアチア人の争いは古くからあり、非常に激しい。

5.It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.

ヨーロッパがアメリカと反目すると致命的な結果になることは明らかだ。