traduce

English

WOTD – 4 June 2010

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin trādūcō (“lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from trāns + dūcō (“I lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹəˈdjuːs/, /tɹəˈdʒuːs/
• IPA^(key): /tɹəˈdus/, /tɹəˈdjus/
• IPA^(key): /tɹəˈdus/

Verb

1. (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     , scene 4

     This heavy-headed revel east and west
     Makes us traduced and tax'd of other nations:

2. (archaic, transitive) To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, X:

     However therefore this complexion was first acquired, it is evidently maintained by generation, and by the tincture of the skin as a spermatical part traduced from father unto son [...].

3. (archaic, transitive) To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.
   • 1865, "The Last of the Tercentenary", Temple Bar, vol. XIII, Mar 1865:

     From Davenant down to Dumas, from the Englishman who improved Macbaeth to the Frenchman who traduced into the French of Paris four acts of Hamlet, and added a new fifth act of his own, Shakespeare has been disturbed in a way he little thought of when he menacingly provided for the repose of his bones.

Synonyms

• (malign or defamatory statements): defame, libel, slander
• (pass on): hand down, bequeath, leave
• (convert languages): translate
• See also Thesaurus:defame

Derived terms

Derived terms

• traducement
• traducer

• traducingly
• traduction

Translations

to malign by making malicious and false or defamatory statements

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誹謗／诽谤 (zh) (fěibàng), 诽谤 (zh) (fěibàng), 詆毀／诋毁 (zh) (dǐhuǐ), 诋毁 (zh) (dǐhuǐ)

• Finnish: panetella (fi)
• French: calomnier (fr), diffamer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: verleumden (de)
• Maori: whakakinokino, whakahahani, whakarōriki, whakahariharitae, kehi, whakakino
• Russian: клевета́ть (ru) (klevetátʹ), злословить (ru) (zloslovitʹ), наговаривать (ru) (nagovarivatʹ), оговаривать (ru) (ogovarivatʹ)
• Spanish: calumniar (es), difamar (es)

to pass on; to transmit

• Finnish: siirtää (fi)
• Russian: передава́ть (ru) (peredavátʹ)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: legar (es)

to pass into another form of expression

• Finnish: sovittaa (fi)
• French: traduire (fr)
• Italian: tradurre (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: traduzir (pt)
• Spanish: traducir (es)

Anagrams

• Decatur, curated, educrat

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traˈdutʃe/

Verb

traduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of tradurre

Anagrams

• creduta, decurta

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) trādūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of trādūcō

Noun

(deprecated template usage) trāduce

1. ablative singular of trādux

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trādūcō, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French traduire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traˈdu.tʃe/

Verb

a traduce (third-person singular present traduce, past participle tradus) 3rd conj.

1. to translate

Conjugation

    conjugation of traduce (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a traduce
gerund			traducând
past participle			tradus
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	traduc	traduci	traduce	traducem	traduceți	traduc
	imperfect	traduceam	traduceai	traducea	traduceam	traduceați	traduceau
	simple perfect	tradusei	traduseși	traduse	traduserăm	traduserăți	traduseră
	pluperfect	tradusesem	traduseseși	tradusese	traduseserăm	traduseserăți	traduseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să traduc	să traduci	să traducă	să traducem	să traduceți	să traducă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		tradu			traduceți
	negative		nu traduce			nu traduceți

Derived terms

• traducere

Related terms

• duce

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɾaˈðuθe]

Verb

traduce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of traducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of traducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of traducir.