suspicion

English

Alternative forms

• suspition (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo‐French suspecioun, from Old French suspeçun or sospeçon, from Latin suspectionem, of the past participle from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

suspicion (plural suspicions)

1. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
2. The condition of being suspected.
3. Uncertainty, doubt.
4. A trace, or slight indication.

   a suspicion of a smile

5. The imagining of something without evidence.

Derived terms

• suspicious
• suspect
• sneaking suspicion

Translations

act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong

• Arabic: اتهام (ar) (ittihaam) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嫌疑 (cmn) (xiányí), 懷疑 (cmn), 怀疑 (cmn) (huáiyí)

• Czech: podezření (cs) n
• Dutch: verdenking (nl) f
• Finnish: epäily (fi)
• French: suspicion (fr) f
• German: Verdacht (de) m, Argwohn (de) m

• Greek: υπόνοια (el) (ypόnoia) f
• Hungarian: gyanú (hu)
• Japanese: 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai)
• Polish: podejrzenie (pl) n
• Russian: подозрение (ru) (podozrénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: amharas (gd) m
• Vietnamese: sự nghi ngờ (vi)

condition of being suspected

• Arabic: اتهام (ar) (ittihaam) m
• Chinese:
• Finnish: epäilyksenalaisuus, epäily
• German: Verdacht (de) m

• Japanese: (general) 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai); (formal) 容疑 (ja) (ようぎ, yōgi)
• Mandarin: 嫌疑 (cmn) (xiányí)
• Polish: podejrzenie (pl) n
• Russian: подозрение (ru) (podozrénije) n

uncertainty, doubt

• Finnish: epäilys (fi)
• German: Verdacht (de) m, Argwohn (de) m
• Japanese: (general) 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai); (formal) 疑惑 (ja) (ぎわく, giwaku)

• Polish: podejrzliwość (pl) f
• Scottish Gaelic: amharas (gd) m
• Zazaki: guman m

slight indication

• Finnish: häivähdys, häivä
• German: Verdacht (de) m

• Japanese: 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai)
• Polish: ślad (pl) m, trop (pl) m, poszlaka (pl) f, cień (pl) m

imagining without evidence

• Finnish: epäluulo (fi)
• German: Verdächtigung (de) f

• Japanese: 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai)
• Polish: podejrzenie (pl) n

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: اشتباه (ištibá:h)
• Dutch: verdenking
• French: soupçon
• Italian: sospetto
• Korean: 의심 (euisim)
• Portuguese: suspeita f
• Spanish: sospecha f
• Swedish: misstanke
• Telugu: అనుమానం (anumaanaM)

References

• “suspicion” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).