reprimand

English

Etymology

From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd
• (US) (as a noun) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmænd/, /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmɑnd/
• (US) (as a verb) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmænd/, /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmɑnd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹəˈmænd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹəˈmɑnd/

Noun

reprimand (plural reprimands)

1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
   • Macaulay

     Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

Translations

a severe, formal or official reproof

• Finnish: nuhtelu, ojennus
• French: réprimande (fr)
• German: Zurechtweisung f, Maßregelung f
• Hebrew: נזיפה (he) (n'zifá) f

• Macedonian: укор (mk) (úkor) m
• Norwegian: refs (no) m, reprimande (no) m
• Russian: выговор (ru) m (vygovor), взыскание (ru) n (vzyskanije)
• Spanish: reprimenda (es) f

Verb

reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)

1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
   • 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.

     He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:reprehend

Translations

to reprove in a formal or official way

• Finnish: nuhdella (fi), ojentaa (fi)
• French: réprimander (fr)
• Gallo: qu'reller
• German: zurechtweisen, maßregeln
• Hebrew: נזף (he) (nazáf)
• Icelandic: ávíta (is)
• Italian: rimproverare (it)

• Jèrriais: bliatchinner
• Macedonian: укорува (mk) (ukóruva)
• Norwegian: refse (no)
• Portuguese: reprimir (pt), repreender (pt)
• Romanian: mustra (ro)
• Russian: делать выговор, делать замечание
• Spanish: reprimir (es), reprender (es)

See also

• admonish
• admonition
• rebuke
• reprehend
• reprehension
• reproof
• reproval
• reprove