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censure
English
Etymology
From 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin cens?ra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censere (“to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?n.??/
- (UK, now rare) IPA(key): /?s?ns.j??/, /?s?n.?(j)??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?n.??/
Noun
censure (countable and uncountable, plural censures)
- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- An official reprimand.
- Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
- 1679-1715, Gilbert Burnet, History of the Reformation
- excommunication […] being the chief ecclesiastical censure
- 1679-1715, Gilbert Burnet, History of the Reformation
- (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
Related terms
Translations
Verb
censure (third-person singular simple present censures, present participle censuring, simple past and past participle censured)
- To criticize harshly.
- To formally rebuke.
- (obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
- Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Translations
Related terms
References
- “censure”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “censure” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "censure" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
- encurse
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??.sy?/
Etymology 1
From Latin c?ns?ra.
Noun
censure f (plural censures)
- censorship
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
censure
- first/third-person singular present indicative of censurer
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of censurer
- second-person singular imperative of censurer
Further reading
- “censure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cénures
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??en?su.re/
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
censure f
- plural of censura
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ken?su?.re/, [k???s?u???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t??en?su.re/, [t???n?su???]
Participle
c?ns?re
- vocative masculine singular of c?ns?rus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cen?su?re
Verb
censure
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of censurar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of censurar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of censurar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of censurar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?en?su?e/, [??n?su.?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sen?su?e/, [s?n?su.?e]
Verb
censure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of censurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of censurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of censurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of censurar.
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crime
English
Etymology
From Middle English cryme, crime, from Old French crime, crimne, from Latin cr?men. Displaced native Old English firen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?a?m/
- Rhymes: -a?m
Noun
crime (countable and uncountable, plural crimes)
- (countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law.
- (countable) Any great sin or wickedness; iniquity.
- (countable, obsolete) That which occasions crime.
- (uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.
- Synonyms: criminality, delinquency
- (uncountable) The habit or practice of committing crimes.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to crime: organized, brutal, terrible, horrible, heinous, horrendous, hideous, financial, sexual, international.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
References
- crime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
crime (third-person singular simple present crimes, present participle criming, simple past and past participle crimed)
- (Britain, military, transitive) To subject to disciplinary punishment.
- 1846, John Mercier McMullen, Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is (page 298)
- Nevertheless, in the course of a few days he is again intoxicated, creates disturbance in his quarters, is confined by his sergeant, crimed, and brought before the commanding officer […]
- 1846, John Mercier McMullen, Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is (page 298)
- (nonce word) To commit crime(s).
See also
- offence
- sin
- administrative infraction (less serious violation of the law)
Anagrams
- REMIC, merci
French
Etymology
From Old French crimne, borrowed from Latin cr?men, from Proto-Italic *kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn?, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?im/
- Rhymes: -im
Noun
crime m (plural crimes)
- A category of severe infractions within French law, with the strongest of penalties; a felony. (10 years and more according to law)
- Le meurtre, la trahison, ces sont les crimes punissable par la loi d'une peine lourde.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- délit
Further reading
- “crime” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cimer
- merci
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cr?men.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kri.me/
- Hyphenation: crì?me
Noun
crime m (plural crimi)
- (literary, rare) crime
- Synonyms: crimine, delitto
Related terms
- crimine
References
- crime in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English
Noun
crime
- Alternative form of cryme
Portuguese
Etymology
From French crime, from Latin cr?men.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?kri.mi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?k?im?/
Noun
crime m (plural crimes)
- crime
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:crime.
Related terms
- criminal
- criminoso
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?krime]
Noun
crime f
- indefinite plural of crim?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of crim?
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