English
Etymology
13th century. From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French esclandre , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum ( “ stumbling block, temptation ” ) , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον ( skándalon , “ scandal ” ) . Doublet of scandal
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈslɑːndə/ , /ˈslændɚ/
Noun
slander (countable and uncountable , plural slanders )
A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation ; the making of such a statement.
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false or unsupported spoken malicious statement
Bulgarian: клевета (bg) f ( kleveta )
Catalan: calúmnia (ca) f , injúria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毀謗 / 毁谤 (zh) ( huǐbàng ) , 誹謗 / 诽谤 (zh) ( fěibàng ) , 诽谤 (zh) ( fěibàng ) , 謗 / 谤 (zh) ( bàng ) , 谤 (zh) ( bàng ) , 誣蔑 / 诬蔑 (zh) ( wūmiè ) ,诬蔑 (zh) ( wúmiè )
Cornish: sklander m
Czech: pomluva (cs) f
Danish: bagvaskelse
Dutch: laster (nl) m , smaad (nl) , lastering (nl) f
Esperanto: kalumnio
Finnish: suullinen kunnianloukkaus
French: diffamation (orale ) f , calomnie (orale ) f
German: (mündliche ) Verleumdung f , Lästerung f
Greek: συκοφαντία (el) f ( sykofantía ) , διαβολή (el) f ( diavolí )
Ancient: διαβολή f ( diabolḗ ) , βλασφημία f ( blasphēmía )
Hungarian: rágalom (hu) , rágalmazás (hu)
Italian: calunnia (it) f , diffamazione (it) f , maldicenza (it) f , chiacchiera (it) f , diceria (it) f
Japanese: 中傷 (ja) ( chūshō ) , 誹謗 (ja) ( hibō ) , 讒言 (ja) ( zangen )
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Korean: 악담 (ko) ( akdam ) , 중상 (ko) ( jungsang ) , 모략 (ko) ( moryak ) , 훼방 (ko) ( hwebang ) , 비방 (ko) ( bibang ) , 손가락질 ( son'garakjil )
Latin: calumnia f , blasphēmia f
Macedonian: клевета f ( kleveta )
Maori: komekome , whakakinokino , tarawau
Norwegian: bakvaskelse (no) m
Polish: oszczerstwo (pl) n , pomówienie n
Portuguese: calúnia (pt) f , injúria (pt) f , aleive (pt) m , aleivosia (pt) f
Russian: клевета́ (ru) f ( klevetá ) , злосло́вие (ru) n ( zloslóvije ) , наве́т (ru) m ( navét ) , нагово́р (ru) m ( nagovór ) , хула́ (ru) f ( xulá ) , поноше́ние (ru) n ( ponošénije ) , поро́чение (ru) n ( poróčenije ) , ха́янье (ru) n ( xájanʹje ) , поклёп (ru) m ( pokljóp ) ( colloquial ) , напра́слина (ru) f ( napráslina ) ( colloquial )
Serbo-Croatian: kleveta (sh) f , клевета f , objeda (sh) f
Spanish: calumnia (es) f
Swahili: kashfa (sw) class 9
Swedish: förtal (sv) n
Tagalog: paninirang-puri
Turkish: sözel /sözle iftira (tr) , şifahi iftira (tr) ( obsolete )
Welsh: athrod m
Verb
slander (third-person singular simple present slanders , present participle slandering , simple past and past participle slandered )
To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of .
1601 , Ben Jonson , Poetaster or The Arraignment: [ … ] , London: [ … ] [ R. Bradock] for M[ atthew] L[ ownes] [ … ] , published 1602 , →OCLC , Act III :Tuc [ca ]. [ …] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt [rio ]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome . He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca . I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: [ …]
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Translations
utter a slanderous statement about
Bulgarian: клеветя (bg) ( klevetja )
Catalan: calumniar (ca) , injuriar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毀謗 / 毁谤 (zh) ( huǐbàng ) , 誹謗 / 诽谤 (zh) ( fěibàng ) , 诽谤 (zh) ( fěibàng ) , 中傷 / 中伤 (zh) ( zhòngshāng ) , 中伤 (zh) ( zhòngshāng ) , 詆毀 / 诋毁 (zh) ( dǐhuǐ ) , 诋毁 (zh) ( dǐhuǐ )
Cornish: sklandra
Czech: pomluvit (cs)
Danish: bagtale
Dutch: smaden (nl) , lasteren (nl)
Esperanto: kalumnii
Finnish: suullisesti loukata jonkun kunniaa
French: calomnier (fr) verbalement
Galician: deostar , calumniar , inxuriar
German: mündlich verleumden , mündlich verunglimpfen
Greek: συκοφαντώ (el) ( sykofantó ) , διαβάλλω (el) ( diavállo ) , διασύρω (el) ( diasýro )
Ancient: διαβάλλω ( diabállō )
Hungarian: rágalmaz (hu)
Italian: diffamare (it) , infangare (it) , infamare (it) , denigrare (it) , calunniare (it)
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Japanese: 中傷する (ja) ( chūshō suru ) , 讒言する (ja) ( zangen suru )
Korean: 갈붙이다 (ko) ( galbuchida ) , 훼방하다 (ko) ( hwebanghada ) , 중상하다 (ko) ( jungsanghada ) , 자훼하다 ( jahwehada ) , 손가락질하다 ( son'garakjilhada )
Luxembourgish: beklaatschen
Macedonian: клевети ( kleveti )
Maori: tūtara , tarawau , mure
Polish: szkalować
Portuguese: caluniar (pt) , injuriar (pt) , difamar (pt)
Romanian: defăima (ro)
Russian: клевета́ть (ru) ( klevetátʹ ) , злосло́вить (ru) ( zloslóvitʹ ) , поро́чить (ru) ( poróčitʹ ) , ха́ять (ru) ( xájatʹ ) , хули́ть (ru) ( xulítʹ ) , нагова́ривать (ru) ( nagovárivatʹ ) , очерня́ть (ru) ( očernjátʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: càin
Serbo-Croatian: klevetati (sh) impf , клеветати impf
Spanish: calumniar (es) , difamar (es) , dejar negro , pelar (es)
Swedish: baktala (sv) , förtala (sv)
Thai: ใส่ร้าย ( sài-ráai ) , นินทา (th) ( nin-taa )
Welsh: athrodi
See also
Anagrams
Landers , Lenards , Nadlers , Randles , Sandler , darnels , enlards , landers , relands , slandre , snarled