vandal

See also: Vandal, vandál, and vàndal

English

Etymology

From Vandal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvændəl/
• Rhymes: -ændəl

• Audio (US):

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Noun

vandal (plural vandals)

1. A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property.

Synonyms

• destroyer
• ruiner
• wrecker

Derived terms

Derived terms

• vandalic
• vandalise, vandalize
• vandalish

• vandalism
• vandal-proof, vandalproof

Translations

person who destroys or damages property

• Armenian: վանդալ (hy) (vandal)
• Belarusian: ванда́л m (vandál)
• Bulgarian: ванда́л (bg) m (vandál)
• Catalan: vàndal m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 破壞者／破坏者 (zh) (pòhuàizhě), 破坏者 (zh) (pòhuàizhě)

• Czech: vandal (cs) m
• Danish: vandal c
• Dutch: vandaal (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: vandalo
• Estonian: vandaal
• Finnish: vandaali (fi), ilkivallantekijä
• French: vandale (fr) m
• Galician: vándalo m
• Georgian: ვანდალი (vandali)
• German: Vandale (de) m
• Hungarian: vandál (hu)
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• Icelandic: skemmdarvargur (is) m
• Interlingua: vandalo
• Irish: creachadóir m, loitiméir m, sladaire m
• Italian: vandalo (it) m
• Japanese: 破壊者 (hakaisha)
• Korean: 반달 (ko) (bandal)
• Manx: cragheyder m, jeeylleyder
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vandal m

  Nynorsk: vandal m

• Persian: خرابکار (fa) (xarâbkâr), مغول (fa) (moğol)
• Portuguese: vândalo (pt) m
• Russian: ванда́л (ru) m (vandál), ванда́лка f (vandálka)
• Slovak: vandal m
• Spanish: vándalo (es) m
• Swedish: vandal (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ванда́л (uk) m (vandál)

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Translations to be checked

• Manx: ^{(please verify)} vandal m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} vandalan

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Czech

Noun

1. vandal (person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property)

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English vandal.

Noun

vandal m (genitive singular vandal, plural vandallyn)

1. (history) vandal

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural)

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandaler, definite plural vandalene)

1. (modern-day) a vandal
2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

• vandalsk

References

• “vandal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vandali (plural)

Noun

vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandalar, definite plural vandalane)

1. (modern-day) a vandal
2. (historical) a Vandal

Derived terms

• vandalsk

References

• “vandal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.