reprimand
English
editEtymology
editFrom French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/, /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnd
- (General American) (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/
- (General American) (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈmænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Noun
editreprimand (plural reprimands)
- A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, 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:
- Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
Translations
editsevere, formal or official reproof
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Verb
editreprimand (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
edit- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Translations
editto reprove in a formal or official way
See also
editSwedish
editNoun
editreprimand c
- a reprimand
- att ge en reprimand
- to give a reprimand
Declension
editDeclension of reprimand
See also
edit- tillrättavisning (“rebuke”)
- uppläxning (“lecture”)
- utskällning (“scolding”)
References
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