malediction

See also: malédiction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French malédiction, from Latin maledictiō (“curse”) from malus (“evil”) + dictiō (“speech”) noun of action from perfect passive participle dictus (“spoken”), from verb dīcō (“speak”).

Noun

malediction (countable and uncountable, plural maledictions)

A curse.
Evil speech.

Antonyms

benediction

Related terms

maledictive
maledictory

Translations

curse — see curse

evil speech

French: malédiction (fr) f
Latin: maledictio nominative, maledictionis genitive
Russian: ру́гань (ru) f (rúganʹ), злосло́вие (ru) n (zloslóvije), скверносло́вие (ru) n (skvernoslóvije), (defamation) поноше́ние (ru) n (ponošénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: проклетство n
Roman: prokletstvo (sh) n

Spanish: maldición (es) f