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criminal
English
Etymology
From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??m?n?l/
Adjective
criminal (comparative more criminal, superlative most criminal)
- Against the law; forbidden by law.
- Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves.
- Guilty of breaking the law.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- Of or relating to crime or penal law.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject […] in some cases, were liable to criminal process.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "criminal" is often applied: law, justice, court, procedure, prosecution, intent, case, record, act, action, behavior, code, offence, liability, investigation, conduct, defense, trial, history, responsibility, lawyer, tribunal, appeal, process, background, mind, conspiracy, evidence, gang, organization, underworld, jurisprudence, offender, jury, police, past, group, punishment, attorney, violence, report, career, psychology.
Synonyms
- crimeful
- illegal
- delictuous
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
criminal (plural criminals)
- A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
- Synonyms: lawbreaker, offender, perpetrator
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:criminal
Hypernyms
- person
Derived terms
- cybercriminal
- thought criminal
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin crimin?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /k?i.mi?nal/
Adjective
criminal (masculine and feminine plural criminals)
- criminal (against the law)
- criminal (guilty of breaking the law)
- criminal (of or relating to crime)
Derived terms
Noun
criminal m or f (plural criminals)
- criminal (a person who is guilty of a crime)
Related terms
- crim
Further reading
- “criminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “criminal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “criminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “criminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis, from Latin cr?men.
Adjective
criminal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular criminale)
- criminal; illegal; against the law
Declension
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis (“criminal”), from Latin cr?men (“verdict; crime”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k?i.mi.?na?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /k?i.mi.?naw/
Adjective
criminal m or f (plural criminais, not comparable)
- (law) criminal (of or relating to crime or penal law)
Related terms
Further reading
- “criminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French criminel, Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kri.mi?nal]
Noun
criminal m (plural criminali, feminine equivalent criminal?)
- criminal, felon, perpetrator, offender, lawbreaker
- murderer, slayer
- cutthroat, thug
Declension
Adjective
criminal m or n (feminine singular criminal?, masculine plural criminali, feminine and neuter plural criminale)
- criminal, felonious, lawbreaking
- murderous, homicidal
- cutthroat
Declension
Related terms
- criminalitate
Adverb
criminal
- criminally
Related terms
- crim?
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin or Juridical Latin crimin?lis (“criminal”), from Latin cr?men (“verdict; crime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?imi?nal/, [k?i.mi?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
criminal (plural criminales)
- criminal
Derived terms
- criminalmente
- criminalista
- criminalizar
Noun
criminal m or f (plural criminales)
- criminal
Related terms
- crimen
- criminalidad
- acriminar
Further reading
- “criminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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rotten
English
Etymology
From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rut?n? (“to rot”). More at rot.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???tn?/, [????n?]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???tn?/
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Adjective
rotten (comparative rottener or more rotten, superlative rottenest or most rotten)
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.
- 1596-99?, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, scene iii:
- Antonio: Mark you this, Bassanio, / The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. / An evil soul producing holy witness / Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
- In a state of decay.
- The floors were damaged and the walls were rotten.
- His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- That man is a rotten father.
- This rotten policy will create more injustice in this country.
- Bad or terrible.
- Why is the weather always rotten in this city?
- It was a rotten idea to take the boat out today.
- She has the flu and feels rotten.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which “rotten” is often applied: wood, food, egg, meat, fruit, tomato, apple, banana, milk, vegetable, stuff, tooth, smell, person, kid, bastard, scoundrel, weather.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
rotten (comparative more rotten, superlative most rotten)
- To an extreme degree.
- That kid is spoilt rotten.
- The girls fancy him something rotten.
Anagrams
- Trento, torent
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t?(n)/
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch rotten, reformed from earlier roten, from Old Dutch *roton, from Proto-Germanic *rut?n?.
Verb
rotten
- To rot, to go bad, to decay.
Inflection
Derived terms
- doorrotten
- verrotten
- wegrotten
Etymology 2
Noun
rotten
- Plural form of rot
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t?n/, [???t?n], [???tn?]
- Hyphenation: rot?ten
Etymology 1
From Middle High German roten, derived from rote (whence modern Rotte), from Old French rote, from Latin rupta.
Verb
rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)
- (obsolete) To form into a gang, to rout, to squad.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- zusammenrotten (remains common)
Etymology 2
From Middle High German roten, roden, from Proto-Germanic *rud?n?.
Verb
rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of roden (“to clear woods, to make arable”)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- ausrotten (remains common)
Etymology 3
From Middle Low German rotten, alteration (perhaps intensivation) of older r?ten, from Old Saxon rot?n, from Proto-Germanic *rut?n?.
Verb
rotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet, past tense rottete, past participle gerottet, auxiliary haben)
- To rot, to decay.
Conjugation
Usage notes
- As a simplex chiefly with certain adverbs, like vor sich hin. More common in compounds.
Synonyms
- faulen
- verfaulen
Derived terms
- dahinrotten
- verrotten
Middle English
Verb
rotten
- Alternative form of roten (“to rot”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- rotta f
Noun
rotten m
- definite masculine singular of rotte: rat (rodent)
West Frisian
Noun
rotten
- plural of rôt
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