different between vituperate vs traduce

English

Etymology

From Latin vituper?tus, perfect passive participle of vituper? (“I blame, I censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + par? (“I furnish, I provide, I contrive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??t?u?p??e?t/, /v??tju?p??e?t/, /va??t?u?p??e?t/, /va??tju?p??e?t/

Verb

vituperate (third-person singular simple present vituperates, present participle vituperating, simple past and past participle vituperated)

1. (transitive) To criticize in a harsh or abusive manner.
2. (transitive) To revile, vilify, defame, go on about or mouth off about someone
3. (intransitive) To use harsh or abusive wording.

Synonyms

• (criticize in a harsh or abusive manner): scold, berate, rile
• see also: Thesaurus:criticize
• (use harsh or abusive wording): rail

Related terms

• See vice#Related_terms

Translations

References

• vituperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vituperate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vituperate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• reputative

Italian

Verb

vituperate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vituperare
2. second-person plural imperative of vituperare
3. feminine plural of vituperato

Anagrams

• reputatevi

Latin

Verb

vituper?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vituper?

References

• vituperate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?d?c? (“lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from tr?ns + d?c? (“I lead”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???dju?s/, /t???d?u?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t???dus/, /t???djus/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /t???dus/

Verb

traduce (third-person singular simple present traduces, present participle traducing, simple past and past participle traduced)

1. (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.

   • This heavy-headed revel east and west
     Makes us traduced and tax'd of other nations:
2. (archaic, transitive) To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, X:

     However therefore this complexion was first acquired, it is evidently maintained by generation, and by the tincture of the skin as a spermatical part traduced from father unto son [...].

3. (archaic, transitive) To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.
   • 1865, "The Last of the Tercentenary", Temple Bar, vol. XIII, Mar 1865:

     From Davenant down to Dumas, from the Englishman who improved Macbaeth to the Frenchman who traduced into the French of Paris four acts of Hamlet, and added a new fifth act of his own, Shakespeare has been disturbed in a way he little thought of when he menacingly provided for the repose of his bones.

Synonyms

• (malign or defamatory statements): defame, libel, slander
• (pass on): hand down, bequeath, leave
• (convert languages): translate
• See also Thesaurus:defame

Derived terms

• traducement
• traducer
• traducing
• traducingly
• traduction

Translations

Anagrams

• Decatur, curated, educrat

Corsican

Alternative forms

• traducia

Etymology

From Latin traducere, from Proto-Italic *tranzdouk?. Cognates include Italian tradurre and French traduire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra?dut??e/
• Hyphenation: tra?du?ce

Verb

traduce

1. (transitive) to translate

Conjugation

References

• “traduce, traducia” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
• “traduce, traducia” in Aiaccinu: Cunghjugatori corsu

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra?dut?e/

Verb

traduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of tradurre

Anagrams

• creduta, decurta

Latin

Verb

tr?d?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of tr?d?c?

Noun

tr?duce

1. ablative singular of tr?dux

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tr?d?c?, French traduire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra?du.t?e/

Verb

a traduce (third-person singular present traduce, past participle tradus) 3rd conj.

1. to translate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• traducere

Related terms

• duce

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /t?a?du?e/, [t??a?ð?u.?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /t?a?duse/, [t??a?ð?u.se]

Verb

traduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of traducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of traducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of traducir.