reprimand
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/, /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/
- (General American) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/
- (General American) (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈmænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Noun[edit]
reprimand (plural reprimands)
- A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
- Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
Translations[edit]
severe, formal or official reproof
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Verb[edit]
reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)
- 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:
- 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Translations[edit]
to reprove in a formal or official way
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See also[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
reprimand c
- a reprimand
- att ge en reprimand
- to give a reprimand
Declension[edit]
Declension of reprimand | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | reprimand | reprimanden | reprimander | reprimanderna |
Genitive | reprimands | reprimandens | reprimanders | reprimandernas |
See also[edit]
- tillrättavisning (“rebuke”)
- uppläxning (“lecture”)
- utskällning (“scolding”)
References[edit]
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