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mention
English
Etymology
From Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin menti?nem, accusative of menti? (“a mention, calling to mind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?n??n/
- Rhymes: -?n??n
- Hyphenation: men?tion
Noun
mention (plural mentions)
- A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.
- I will make mention of thy righteousness.
- (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
Derived terms
- mentionable
- mentionless
Translations
Verb
mention (third-person singular simple present mentions, present participle mentioning, simple past and past participle mentioned)
- To make a short reference to something.
- (philosophy, linguistics) To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.
- 2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers ?ISBN, page 140
- I can illustrate this by mentioning the word lead. Now you have no way of knowing for sure which meaning I have in mind until I give it some context by using it in a sentence.
- 2009, Lieven Vandelanotte, Speech and Thought Representation in English: A Cognitive-functional Approach, Walter de Gruyter ?ISBN, page 124
- If the verbatimness view derives from the popular notion that DST repeats 'the actual words spoken', a second line of thought takes its cue from Quine's (1940: 23–26, 1960: 146–156) philosophical distinction between words which are “used” vs. words which are merely “mentioned”.
- 2013, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court ?ISBN
- If I said rightly, “'Niggers' is a seven letter word,” I would be mentioning the word, and when we write it, we use mention-quotes for this purpose (speech typically lacks quotes, except for the occasional air-quotes). If I said, rightly or wrongly, “Niggers are good athletes,” then I would be using “niggers,” not merely mentioning it.
- 2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers ?ISBN, page 140
Synonyms
(make a short reference to something): See Thesaurus:mention
Derived terms
- not to mention
- unmention
Translations
Anagrams
- nontime, omentin
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin menti?, mentionis.
Pronunciation
Noun
mention f (plural mentions)
- mention (act of mentioning)
- slogan
Related terms
- mentionner
Further reading
- “mention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- mencion
- mension
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin menti?, mentionis.
Noun
mention f (oblique plural mentions, nominative singular mention, nominative plural mentions)
- mention (act of mentioning)
See also
- mentevoir
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libel
English
Etymology
From Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: l??b?l, IPA(key): /?la?b?l/
- Rhymes: -a?b?l
Noun
libel (countable and uncountable, plural libels)
- (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- (uncountable) The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
- (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- 1873, United States Supreme Court, The Rio Grande, 86 U.S. 178,179
- These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district.
- 1873, United States Supreme Court, The Rio Grande, 86 U.S. 178,179
- (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- 1382–1395, John Wycliffe et al. (translators), Matthew verse 31
- a libel of forsaking [divorcement]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:slander
Usage notes
In common usage, the noun and verb is particularly used where the defamatory writing meets the legal definition of libel in a particular jurisdiction.
Translations
Verb
libel (third-person singular simple present libels, present participle (UK) libelling or (US) libeling, simple past and past participle (UK) libelled or (US) libeled)
- (transitive) To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
- He libelled her when he published that.
- (law) To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defame
Translations
Derived terms
See also
- defamation
- defame
- slander
Anagrams
- Belli, I'll be, Ibell, Liebl
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li?b?l/
- Hyphenation: li?bel
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin libella or libellula.
Noun
libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)
- dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
- dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order Odonata
Alternative forms
- libelle
Hyponyms
- (insect of the order Odonata): beekjuffer, breedscheenjuffer, pantserjuffer, waterjuffer, winterjuffer
Etymology 2
From Latin libellus, diminutive of liber (“book”).
Noun
libel n (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)
- booklet, notably a libel (defamatory writing)
Synonyms
- schotschrift
- smaadschrift
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin libella.
Noun
libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)
- A vial of a level.
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
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