Meanings
nounsingle combat (countable and uncountable, plural single combats)
plural single combats
- countableuncountableA fight between single combatants
- countablehistoricaluncountableA duel between single representatives of opposing armies, with the outcome accepted as the battle's outcome.
Translations
Ancient Greek μονομαχία
- μονομαχία (monomakhía)duel
French combat singulier
- combat singulierduel
German Zweikampf
- Zweikampfduel
Italian combattimento singolo
- combattimento singoloduel
Latin monomachia, duellum
- monomachiaduel
- duellumduel
Māori riri taumātakitahi
- riri taumātakitahiduel
Polish walka jeden na jednego, harc
- walka jeden na jednegofight
- harcduel
Scottish Gaelic cothrom na Fèinne
- cothrom na Fèinneduel
Swedish man mot man, tvekamp
- man mot manfight
- tvekampfight
- duellfight
Cite this entry
APA
single combat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20combat
MLA
“single combat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20combat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “single combat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/single%20combat.
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