arraign

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• /əˈɹeɪn/
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: ER0 EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English areynen (“to interrogate, arraign, reprimand”), from Anglo-Norman areiner, arener, from Old French araisnier, areisnier, aresnier (“to speak to, address; accuse (in a law court)”) (whence modern French arraisonner (“to verify cargo, to arraign”)), from Vulgar Latin *arratiōnāre, from Latin adratiōnāre, from ad (“to”) + *ratiōnāre (“to reason, talk reasonably, talk”), from ratiō (“reason, reasoning, discourse”), from rat-, past-participle stem of rērī (“to reckon, calculate”). First attested in the late 14th century. Doublet of areason. About the -g- within the word, Etymonline and the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary both agree that it is present by hypercorrection and appears since the 16th century. The Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1986) however, provides two etymological links each, which are Old French aragnier and araigner. The Oxford English Dictionary (1885, 1989) did not support either of these hypotheses, but did attribute Old French arraigner, arainer to an unrelated obsolete sense and etymon.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aankla — charge someone in a court of law
• Bengali: অভিযুক্ত করা (obhijukto kora) — charge someone in a court of law
• Bulgarian: призовавам на съд (prizovavam na sǎd) — charge someone in a court of law
• Czech: obžalovat — charge someone in a court of law
• Danish: sigte — charge someone in a court of law
• Dutch: in staat van beschuldiging stellen — charge someone in a court of law
• Finnish: syyttää — charge someone in a court of law
• French: traduire en justice — charge someone in a court of law
• French: accuser — charge someone in a court of law
• German: anklagen — charge someone in a court of law
• German: vor Gericht bringen — charge someone in a court of law
• Hungarian: vádat emel — charge someone in a court of law
• Hungarian: vád alá helyez — charge someone in a court of law
• Hungarian: bíróság elé állít — charge someone in a court of law
• Hungarian: vádol — charge someone in a court of law
• Hungarian: bevádol — charge someone in a court of law
• Italian: imputare — charge someone in a court of law
• Portuguese: processar — charge someone in a court of law
• Russian: привлека́ть к суду́ (privlekátʹ k sudú) — charge someone in a court of law
• Russian: привле́чь к суду́ (privléčʹ k sudú) — charge someone in a court of law
• Russian: предъявля́ть обвине́ние (predʺjavljátʹ obvinénije) — charge someone in a court of law
• Russian: предъяви́ть обвине́ние (predʺjavítʹ obvinénije) — charge someone in a court of law
• Russian: обвиня́ть (obvinjátʹ) — charge someone in a court of law
• Russian: обвини́ть (obvinítʹ) — charge someone in a court of law
• Slovak: obžalovať — charge someone in a court of law
• Slovak: obviniť — charge someone in a court of law
• Spanish: acusar — charge someone in a court of law
• Swedish: bringa inför rätta — charge someone in a court of law
• Swedish: ställa inför rätta — charge someone in a court of law
• Turkish: itham etmek — charge someone in a court of law
• Turkish: mahkemeye çağırmak — charge someone in a court of law
• Turkish: suçlamak — charge someone in a court of law