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English
Etymology
From arch- (“chief, most extreme”) + enemy.
Pronunciation
Noun
archenemy (plural archenemies)
- A principal enemy.
- A supreme and most powerful enemy.
Synonyms
Translations
a principal enemy
- Arabic: عَدُوّ لَدُود m (ʕaduww ladūd)
- Catalan: arxienemic m, enemic jurat m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大敵／大敌 (zh) (dàdí), 死对头 (zh) (sǐduìtou), 宿敌 (zh) (sùdí)
- Czech: úhlavní nepřítel m
- Danish: ærkefjende c
- Dutch: aartsvijand (nl) m, aartsvijandin f
- Finnish: perivihollinen, arkkivihollinen (fi)
- French: ennemi juré (fr) m
- Galician: inimigo mortal m, arquiinimigo m
- German: Erzfeind (de) m, Erzfeindin (de) f
- Greek: αρχεχθρός m (archechthrós)
- Hindi: परमशत्रु m (paramśatru), प्रधान शत्रु m (pradhān śatru)
- Hungarian: ősellenség (hu), fő ellenség
- Icelandic: erkióvinur m, erkifjandi m
- Indonesian: musuh bebuyutan (id)
- Italian: arcinemico m, arcinemica f
- Japanese: 大敵 (ja) (たいてき, taiteki), 宿敵 (しゅくてき, shukuteki)
- Macedonian: ду́шман m (dúšman), за́колнат непри́јател m (zákolnat nepríjatel)
- Malay: musuh ketat
- Norwegian: erkefiende m
- Polish: arcywróg m
- Portuguese: arqui-inimigo (pt) m
- Romanian: dușman de moarte m
- Russian: закля́тый враг m (zakljátyj vrag)
- Spanish: archienemigo (es) m
- Swedish: ärkefiende (sv) c
- Turkish: başdüşman
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