English
Etymology
From Old French diffamacion French diffamation Latin diffāmātiō
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: def‧am‧ation
Noun
defamation (countable and uncountable plural defamations
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
Synonyms
Translations
act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
Bulgarian: клевета (bg) f ( kleveta ) , хула (bg) f ( hula )
Catalan: difamació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 誹謗 ／ 诽谤 (zh) ( fěibàng ) , 诽谤 (zh) ( fěibàng )
Czech: pomluva (cs) f
Dutch: laster (nl) m smaad (nl) m belastering (nl) f
Finnish: ( legal term ) kunnianloukkaus (fi) , ( common terms ) herjaus (fi) , solvaus (fi)
French: diffamation (fr) f
Georgian: ცილისწამება ( cilisc̣ameba ) , დისკრედიტაცია ( disḳrediṭacia ) , დიფამაცია ( dipamacia ) , რეპუტაციის შელახვა ( reṗuṭaciis šelaxva )
German: Verleumdung (de) f
Greek: δυσφήμιση (el) f ( dysfímisi ) , συκοφαντία (el) f ( sykofantía ) , ( defamation of character ) συκοφαντική δυσφήμιση f ( sykofantikí dysfímisi )
Hebrew: השמצה (he) f ( hashmatza )
Hungarian: rágalmazás (hu)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Irish: clúmhilleadh m aithisiú m
Italian: diffamazione (it) f
Japanese: 名誉毀損 ( めいよきそん, meiyokison ) , 中傷 (ja) ( chūshō ) , 誹謗中傷 (ja) ( hibō chūshō )
Korean: 중상 (ko) ( jungsang )
Latin: diffamatio obtrectatio diffamatio obtrectatio
Maori: orohanga haohao
Norwegian: ærekrenkelse c ærekrenking f
Polish: zniesławienie (pl) n
Portuguese: difamação (pt) f
Russian: диффама́ция (ru) f ( diffamácija ) , шельмова́ние (ru) n ( šelʹmovánije ) , клевета́ (ru) f ( klevetá ) , поноше́ние (ru) n ( ponošénije ) , хула́ (ru) f ( xulá )
Spanish: difamación (es) f
Swedish: ärekränkning (sv) c förtal (sv) n
Thai: หมิ่นประมาท (th) ( mìn-bprà-màat )