English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
bribe (plural bribes)
- Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
inducement to dishonesty
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: رشوة (ar) (ríshwa) f, رشا (ar) (rashaa) f
- Armenian: կաշառք (hy) (kašaṙk’)
- Bulgarian: подкуп (bg) (podkup) m , рушвет (bg) (rušvet) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 賄賂 (cmn), 贿赂 (cmn) (huìlù), 行賄 (cmn), 行贿 (cmn) (xínghuì)
- Czech: úplatek (cs) m
- Dutch: steekpenning (nl), smeergeld (nl) n
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: pistis (et), altkäemaks (et)
- Finnish: lahjus (fi)
- French: pot-de-vin (fr) m
- Georgian: ქრთამი (ka) (k'rt'ami)
- German: Bestechungsgeld (de) n, Schmiergeld (de) n
- Greek: δωροδοκία (el) (dorodokía) f (giving), δωροληψία (el) (dorolipsía) f (taking)
- Hebrew: שוחד (he) (shokhad) m
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: megvesztegetés (hu)
- Icelandic: múta (is) f
- Indonesian: suap (id), sogokan (id)
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- Italian: tangente (it) f
- Japanese: 賄賂 (ja) (わいろ, wairo)
- Korean: 뇌물 (ko) (noemul)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بهرتیل
- Latvian: kukulis (lv) m
- Persian: رشوه (fa)
- Polish: łapówka (pl) f
- Portuguese: suborno (pt) m
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: взятка (ru) (vzjátka) f , подкуп (ru) (pódkup) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ми́то (sh) n
- Roman: míto (sh) n
- Spanish: soborno (es) m, (colloquial) coima (es) f (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), matraca (es) f (Venezuela), mordida (es) f (Mexico), cohecho (es), alfadía (es) f
- Swahili: hongo (sw)
- Swedish: muta (sv) c, dusör (sv)
- Telugu: లంచము (te)
- Thai: สินบน (th) (sĭnbon)
- Turkish: rüşvet (tr)
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bribe (third-person singular simple present bribes, present participle bribing, simple past and past participle bribed)
- (transitive) To give a bribe to.
Translations [edit]
to give a bribe
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- Italian: offrire (it) una tangente (it)
- Jèrriais: corrompre, séduithe, graîssi la patte
- Latvian: kukuļot (lv)
- Persian: رشوه دادن (fa)
- Polish: dawać łapówkę (pl)
- Portuguese: subornar (pt)
- Russian: давать взятку (ru) (davát’ vzjátku) , подкупать (ru) (podkupát’)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: митити (sh) (mititi), подмитити (sh) (podmititi), поткупити (sh) (potkupiti), потплатити (sh) (potplatiti)
- Roman: mítiti (sh), podmititi (sh), potkúpiti (sh), potplátiti (sh)
- Spanish: sobornar (es), cohechar (es)
- Swahili: hongo (sw), rushwa (sw), mlungula (sw), chai (sw)
- Swedish: muta (sv)
- Turkish: rüşvet vermek (tr)
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Imitative.
Pronunciation [edit]
bribe f (plural bribes)
- (obsolete) crumb (of bread)
- scrap, bit