different between delinquent vs vandal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??l??kw?nt/

Adjective

delinquent (comparative more delinquent, superlative most delinquent)

1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

   Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.

   The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments.

2. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

Synonyms

• (late or failing to pay a debt): defaulting

Derived terms

• delinquency
• juvenile delinquent
• moral delinquent

Translations

Noun

delinquent (plural delinquents)

1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.
2. A person who has not paid his or her debts.
3. (obsolete, derogatory) A term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642-1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:criminal

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?linquens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.li?k??nt/, /?de?.l???k??nt/
• Hyphenation: de?lin?quent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

delinquent m (plural delinquenten, diminutive delinquentje n)

1. criminal

   Synonyms: crimineel, misdadiger

Related terms

• delinquant (obsolete)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: delinkwent

Latin

Verb

d?linquent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of d?linqu?

English

Etymology

From Vandal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vænd?l/
• Rhymes: -ænd?l

Noun

vandal (plural vandals)

1. A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property.

Synonyms

• destroyer
• ruiner
• wrecker

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Noun

vandal m

1. vandal (person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property)

Further reading

• vandal in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• vandal in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English vandal.

Noun

vandal m (genitive singular vandal, plural vandallyn)

1. (historical) vandal

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural)

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandaler, definite plural vandalene)

1. (modern-day) a vandal
2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

• vandalsk

References

• “vandal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural)

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandalar, definite plural vandalane)

1. (modern-day) a vandal
2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

• vandalsk

References

• “vandal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French vandale.

Noun

vandal m (plural vandali)

1. vandal
2. Vandal

Declension