reprimand
English
Etymology
From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/
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- (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/, /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnd
- (General American) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/
- (General American) (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈmænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Noun
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 30956848:
- Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
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Translations
severe, formal or official reproof
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Verb
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
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Translations
to reprove in a formal or official way
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See also
- admonish
- admonition
- rebuke
- reprehend
- reprehension
- reproof
- reproval
- reprove
Swedish
Noun
reprimand c
- a reprimand
- att ge en reprimand
- to give a reprimand
Declension
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
- tillrättavisning (“rebuke”)
- uppläxning (“lecture”)
- utskällning (“scolding”)
References
- reprimand in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- reprimand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- reprimand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)