reprimand
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (RP) (noun) IPA: /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/
- (RP) (verb) IPA: /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/, /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/
- (GA) (noun) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/
- (GA) (verb) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈmænd/
reprimand (plural reprimands)
- A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
- 1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Goldsmith,_Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver]”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica:
- Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
- French: réprimande, semonce
- German: Zurechtweisung, Maßregelung, Rüffel
- Italian: reprimenda, rimprovero, appunto, richiamo
- Portuguese: reprimenda, chamada
- Russian: вы́говор
- Spanish: reprimenda, reprensión, amonestación, regaño, regañina, bronca (colloquial), admonición, reto (colloquial, Argentina)
reprimand (reprimands, present participle reprimanding; 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.
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
- French: réprimander, (dated) semoncer
- German: zurechtweisen, maßregeln, abkanzeln, rüffeln
- Italian: rimproverare
- Portuguese: reprimir, repreender, reprimendar
- Spanish: reprimir, reprender
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