calumny

English

Etymology

Middle French calomnie, from Latin calumnia (“slander”), perhaps from calvor (“I deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæləmni/, X-SAMPA: /"k{l@mni/

Audio (Aus)

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Noun

calumny (plural calumnies)

1. a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.

   Accusations of abuse were pure extortive calumny in a malicious bid to make money.

2. false charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.

Derived terms

• calumniate

Synonyms

• defamation
• obloquy
• vilification
• See also Wikisaurus:slander

Translations

falsification to discredit another

• Bulgarian: клевета (bg) (kleveta)
• Finnish: herjaus (fi)
• French: calomnie (fr)
• German: Rufmord (de), Verleumdung (de)
• Hungarian: rágalom (hu)
• Ido: kalumnio
• Latin: calumnia (la)

• Norwegian: baktalelse (no) m, baktaling (no) c, baksnakk (no) n, baksnakking (no) c
• Polish: kalumnia (pl) f, oszczerstwo (pl) n
• Russian: клевета (ru) (kl'ev'etá) f
• Serbo-Croatian: kleveta (sh) f
• Spanish: calumnia (es)
• Swedish: förtal (sv) n
• Turkish: bühtan (tr), iftira (tr), karalama (tr)