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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmischia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mischia
"C'è stata una grande mischia per prendere i biglietti."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A hurried and disorderly climb or advance.
"There was a mad scramble for the remaining tickets."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived in the late 16th century, likely from an alteration of dialectal 'scramble' or an equivalent Scandinavian root related to the Middle Low German 'schrammeln' meaning to scratch or struggle. It evolved from physical scrambling over rough ground to describe hurried movement and the mixing or jumbling together of elements.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scramble" is said worldwide
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bousculade
Transliteration: bousculade
"Il y a eu une bousculade pour entrer dans le magasin."
Gemenge
Transliteration: Gemenge
"Es gab ein wildes Gedränge um die besten Plätze."
mischia
Transliteration: mischia
"C'è stata una grande mischia per prendere i biglietti."
trifulca
Transliteration: trifulca
"Hubo una gran lucha por conseguir las entradas."
disputa
Transliteration: disputa
"Houve uma grande disputa pelos ingressos restantes."
भाग-दौड़
Transliteration: bhaag-daud
"टिकटों के लिए भारी भाग-दौड़ मची थी।"
争夺
Transliteration: zhēngdu夺
"大家争先恐后地去抢剩下的票。"
쟁탈전
Transliteration: jaengtaljeon
"남은 표를 차지하기 위한 치열한 쟁탈전이 벌어졌다."
争奪戦
Transliteration: soudatsusen
"残りチケットを巡る激しい争奪戦があった。"
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