malediction

English

Etymology

From Latin maledictio, curse, literally evil speech, from malus, evil, + dictio, noun of action from perfect passive participle dictus, from verb dicere, speak.

Noun

malediction (plural maledictions)

1. A curse
2. Evil speech

Translations

curse

Bosnian: prokletstvo (bs) n. Dutch: vloek, verwensing French: malédiction (fr) f. Italian: maledizione (it) f.

Romanian: maledicție (ro) f., blestem (ro) n. Russian: проклятие (ru) n. Spanish: maldición (es) f.

evil speech

Latin: maledictio nominative, maledictionis genitive Serbian: Cyrillic: проклетство n. Roman: prokletstvo n.

Spanish: maldición (es) f.