different between bulletin vs slander

English

Etymology

From French bulletin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?l?t?n/, /?b?l?t?n/

Noun

bulletin (plural bulletins)

1. A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
2. A short news report.
3. A short printed publication, especially one produced by an organization.

Derived terms

• bulletin board

Translations

Verb

bulletin (third-person singular simple present bulletins, present participle bulletining, simple past and past participle bulletined)

1. To announce something by means of such a report or publication.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French bullette + diminutive suffixes -in, or possibly a borrowing from Italian bollettino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byl.t??/

Noun

bulletin m (plural bulletins)

1. bulletin
2. newsletter
3. report card, school report

Derived terms

• bulletin de vote
• bulletin scolaire
• système des bulletins électroniques

Further reading

• “bulletin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletiner, definite plural bulletinene)

1. alternative form of bulleteng

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletinar, definite plural bulletinane)

1. alternative form of bulleteng

English

Alternative forms

• slandre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sl??nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?slænd?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /sl??nd?/

Noun

slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)

1. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:slander

Antonyms

• glorification (falsely praising statement)

Translations

Verb

slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)

1. To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of.

Synonyms

• defame
• libel (always in writing)
• See also Thesaurus:defame

Antonyms

• glorify (baselessly speak well of)

Translations

See also

• defamation

Anagrams

• Landers, Lenards, Nadlers, Randles, Sandler, darnels, enlards, landers, relands, slandre, snarled