calumny

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæləmni/

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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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• calumniate
• calumnious

Translations

falsification to discredit another

• Bulgarian: клевета́ (bg) f (klevetá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 讒言 (zh), 谗言 (zh) (chányán)

• Finnish: herjaus, vääristely (fi), panettelu (fi)
• French: calomnie (fr) f
• German: Rufmord (de) m, Verleumdung (de) f
• Hungarian: rágalom (hu)
• Ido: kalumnio (io)
• Irish: guilmne f
• Italian: calunnia (it)
• Japanese: 中傷 (ja) (ちゅうしょう, chūshō)
• Latin: calumnia
• Lithuanian: šmeižtas m

• Norwegian: baktalelse m, baktaling c, baksnakk n, baksnakking c
• Polish: kalumnia (pl) f, oszczerstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: calúnia (pt) f
• Russian: клевета́ (ru) f (klevetá), поклёп (ru) m (pokljóp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клевета f

  Roman: kleveta (sh) f

• Spanish: calumnia (es) f
• Swedish: förtal (sv) n
• Tagalog: sakwat, pananakwat
• Turkish: bühtan (tr), iftira (tr), karalama (tr)
• Ukrainian: накле́п m (naklép)