pervert

English

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Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈpəːvəːt/, X-SAMPA: /"p@:v@:t/
  • (US): IPA: /ˈpəɹvəɹt/, X-SAMPA: /"p@rv@rt/
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA: /pəˈvəːt/, X-SAMPA: /p@"v@:t/
  • (US): IPA: /pɚˈvɝt/, X-SAMPA: /p@`"v3`t/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Etymology

From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō

Noun

pervert (plural perverts)

1. (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
2. A sexually perverted person.

   Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!

Usage notes

• In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.

Synonyms

• (sexually perverted person): deviant, perv (slang)

Antonyms

• convert (religious)

Translations

one who has turned to error

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墮落者 (cmn), 堕落者 (cmn) (duòluòzhě)

• Finnish: pervertti (fi)
• French: déviant (fr) m, pervers (fr) m

• Japanese: 変質者 (ja) (へんしつしゃ, henshitsusha)
• Latin: perversus (la) m
• Russian: дегенерат (ru) (degenerát) m

sexually perverted person

• Arabic: منحرف (ar) (munHarif) m
• Armenian: ուրացող (hy) (urats’vogh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性變態者 (cmn), 性变态者 (cmn) (xìngbiàntàizhě), 色狼 (cmn) (sèláng)

• Danish: perverst menneske (da)
• Dutch: perverseling (nl)
• Esperanto: perversulo (eo)
• Estonian: pervert (et)
• Finnish: pervertti (fi), pervo (fi) (colloquial)
• French: pervers (fr) m

• German: Perverser (de) m
• Icelandic: pervert (is) m, perri (is) m (colloquial), öfuggi (is) m (formal)
• Italian: pervertito (it) m, pervertita (it) f
• Japanese: 痴漢 (ja), ちかん (ja) (chikan), 性的倒錯者 (ja) (せいてきとうさくしゃ, seitekitōsakusha)
• Lithuanian: iškrypėlis (lt) m, (milder) ištvirkėlis (lt) m
• Macedonian: перверзник (mk) (pérverznik) m
• Russian: извращенец (ru) (izvraščénec) m, перверт (ru) (pervért, pérvert) m
• Tagalog: manyak (tl), manyakis (tl), bastos (tl)
• Turkish: sapık (tr)

Verb

pervert (third-person singular simple present perverts, present participle perverting, simple past and past participle perverted)

1. (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
2. (transitive) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt
   • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, The Scotsman:

     A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."

3. To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.

   pervert one's words

4. (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Testament of Love to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (turn another way): divert, steer, veer
• (turn from truth; lead astray): corrupt, lead astray
• (misapply, misinterpret designedly): misapply, misuse
• (take the wrong course):

Translations

to turn another way

• Finnish: harhauttaa (fi)

to turn from truth

• Finnish: johtaa harhaan (fi)

• Russian: извращать (ru) (izvraš'át') impf., извратить (ru) (izvratít') pf.

to misinterpret designedly

• Finnish: vääristellä (fi)

• Russian: извращать (ru) (izvraš'át') impf., извратить (ru) (izvratít') pf.

to take the wrong course

• Finnish: harhautua (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: spilla, rangfæra, rangsnúa, afbaka, rangnota, misnota
• Spanish: pervertir (es)

Related terms

• perverse
• perversion

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the Latin verb pervertere "to overturn" or "to subvert".

Noun

pervert f

1. a pervert

Synonyms

• perri m
• öfuggi m