complaint

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• /kəmˈpleɪnt/
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From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).

201 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ankim — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Albanian: ankesë — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Arabic: شِكَايَة (šikāya) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Arabic: شَكْوَى (šakwā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Arabic: شكاية (šikāya) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Armenian: գանգատ (gangat) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Armenian: բողոք (boġokʻ) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Aromanian: plãgu — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Asturian: quexa — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Avar: гӏарз (ʻarz) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Azerbaijani: şikayət — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Basque: auhen — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Belarusian: ска́рга (skárha) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Belarusian: жа́льба (žálʹba) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Bengali: অভিযোগ (obhijōg) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Bulgarian: опла́кване (oplákvane) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Bulgarian: недово́лство (nedovólstvo) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Bulgarian: жа́лба (žálba) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Catalan: queixa — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Catalan: plany — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Catalan: lament — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Chinese Mandarin: 怨言 (yuànyán) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Chinese Mandarin: 抱怨 (bàoyuàn) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Czech: stížnost — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Danish: klage — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Dutch: klacht — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Dutch: beklag — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Dutch: grieven — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Egyptian: n:x-w-t-A2 (nḫwt) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Esperanto: plendo — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Estonian: kaebus — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Finnish: valitus — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Finnish: valittaminen — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• French: plainte — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• French: réclamation — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Galician: queixa — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Galician: protesta — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Georgian: საჩივარი (sačivari) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• German: Klage — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• German: Anzeige — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• German: Monierung — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• German: Reklamation — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• German: Beanstandung — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• German: Beschwerde — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Greek: παράπονο (parápono) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Ancient Greek: μομφή (momphḗ) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hebrew: תְּלוּנָה (t'luná) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hindi: उलहना (ulahnā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hindi: शिकायत (śikāyat) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hindi: उलाहना (ulāhnā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hungarian: panasz — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hungarian: panaszkodás — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hungarian: panaszolás — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hungarian: reklamáció — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Hungarian: kifogás — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Irish: gearán — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Irish: casaoid — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Irish: clamhsán — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Italian: reclamo — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Italian: lamentela — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Italian: rimostranza — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Japanese: 不平 (fuhei) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Japanese: 不満 (fuman) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Japanese: 文句 (monku) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Kazakh: шағым (şağym) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Kazakh: наразылық (narazylyq) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Korean: 불평 (bulpyeong) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Korean: 불만 (bulman) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Korean: 민원 (minwon) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Central Kurdish: گلەیی (gleyî) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Northern Kurdish: gazin — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Northern Kurdish: gilî — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Northern Kurdish: rexne — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Northern Kurdish: şikayet — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Kyrgyz: даттануу (dattanuu) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Kyrgyz: дат (dat) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Latin: querēla — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Latin: questus — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Latvian: sūdzība — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Lithuanian: skundas — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Macedonian: жалба (žalba) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Malay: rungutan — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Malayalam: പരാതി (parāti) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Mongolian: гомдол (gomdol) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Mongolian: ᠭᠣᠮᠤᠳᠠᠯ (ɣomudal) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Norman: pliainte — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Norwegian Bokmål: klage — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Norwegian Bokmål: innvending — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Occitan: planh — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Old English: inca — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Old English: ceorung — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Old English: cwīþung — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Pashto: شکايت (šekāyát) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Pennsylvania German: Glaag — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Iranian Persian: شِکایَت (šekâyat) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Iranian Persian: گِلِه (gele) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Iranian Persian: شِکْوِه (šekve) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Plautdietsch: Klacht — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Plautdietsch: Kloag — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Polish: skarga — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Polish: zażalenie — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Portuguese: queixa — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Portuguese: reclamação — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Punjabi: ਉਲਾਹਮਾ (ulāhmā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Punjabi: ਲਾਹਮਾ (lāhmā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Punjabi: اُلَاہْما (ulāhmā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Punjabi: لَان٘بھا (lāṉbhā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Punjabi: لَاہْما (lāhmā) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Romanian: plângere — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Romanian: nemulțumire — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Romanian: reclamație — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Russian: жа́лоба (žáloba) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Russian: недово́льство (nedovólʹstvo) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Russian: нарека́ние (narekánije) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Scottish Gaelic: coire — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Serbo-Croatian: жа̀лба — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Serbo-Croatian: žàlba — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Slovak: sťažnosť — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Slovene: pritožba — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Slovene: tožba — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Spanish: queja — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Swedish: klagomål — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Swedish: klagan — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Tagalog: reklamo — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Tajik: шикоят (šikoyat) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Tajik: шиква (šikva) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Tatar: шикаять (şiqäyät) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Telugu: ఫిర్యాదు (phiryādu) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Thai: ร้องเรียน (rɔ́ɔng-riian) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Turkish: şikayet — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Turkmen: şikaýat — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Ukrainian: ска́рга (skárha) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Ukrainian: жа́лоба (žáloba) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Urdu: شِکَایَت (śikāyat) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Urdu: شِکْوَہ (śikva) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Uyghur: شىكايەت (shikayet) — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Uzbek: shikoyat — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Vietnamese: phàn nàn — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Welsh: achwyn — grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining
• Finnish: haastehakemus — legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
• French: plainte — legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
• Galician: denuncia — legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
• Hindi: परिवाद (parivād) — legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
• Italian: denuncia — legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
• Spanish: denuncia — legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
• Welsh: achwyniad — legal: in a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff
• Czech: žaloba — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Dutch: proces-verbaal — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Finnish: rikosilmoitus — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• French: (to lodge a criminal complaint)porter plainte — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Galician: denuncia — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Galician: querela — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• German: Strafanzeige — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• German: Anzeige — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Hindi: अभियोग (abhiyog) — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Hungarian: feljelentés — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Italian: denuncia — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Portuguese: queixa — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Russian: иск (isk) — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Spanish: denuncia — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Welsh: achwyniad — criminal law: preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another
• Armenian: գանգատ (gangat) — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Bulgarian: бо́лест (bólest) — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Bulgarian: бо́лка (bólka) — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Chinese Mandarin: 疾病 (jíbìng) — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Chinese Mandarin: 病症 (bìngzhèng) — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Czech: nemoc — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Czech: příznak nemoci — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Czech: symptom — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Dutch: klacht — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Esperanto: afekcio — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Finnish: vaiva — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Galician: afección — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Galician: molestia — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• German: Beschwerde — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• German: Leiden — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• German: Krankheit — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Hungarian: panasz — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Hungarian: bántalom — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Hungarian: betegség — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Hungarian: baj — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Hungarian: probléma — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Italian: disturbo — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Polish: dolegliwość — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Portuguese: distúrbio — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Romanian: indispoziție — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Romanian: tulburare — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Romanian: dereglare — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Romanian: deranjament — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Russian: недомога́ние (nedomogánije) — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Russian: неду́г (nedúg) — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Spanish: mal — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Spanish: afección — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Spanish: dolencia — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Spanish: achaque — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Spanish: problema — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Swahili: lawama — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Welsh: afiechyd — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Welsh: clefyd — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Welsh: salwch — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder
• Welsh: anhwylder — bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder