condemn

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• pin-pen-merger: /kənˈdɪm/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /kənˈdem/
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From Middle English condempnen, from Old French condamner, from Latin condemnāre (“to sentence, condemn, blame”), from com- + damnāre (“to harm, condemn, damn”), from damnum (“damage, injury, loss”). Displaced native Middle English fordemen (from Old English fordeman (“condemn, sentence, doom”) > Modern English fordeem.

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: qınamaq — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Azerbaijani: pisləmək — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Belarusian: асуджа́ць (asudžácʹ) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Belarusian: асудзі́ць (asudzícʹ) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Bulgarian: порицавам (poricavam) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Catalan: condemnar — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Chinese Mandarin: 譴責 /谴责 (qiǎnzé) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Chinese Mandarin: 斥責 /斥责 (chìzé) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Finnish: tuomita — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• French: condamner — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Georgian: დაგმობა (dagmoba) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Georgian: გმობს (gmobs) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• German: verurteilen — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afdōmjan) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Hungarian: elítél — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Indonesian: mengecam — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Indonesian: mengutuk — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Khmer: ថ្កោលទោស (tkaol tooh) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Macedonian: о́суди (ósudi) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Macedonian: осу́дува (osúduva) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Middle English: dampnen — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Middle English: condempnen — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Norwegian: fordømme — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Persian: محکوم کردن (mahkum kardan) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Pohnpeian: lahlahwe — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Polish: potępiać — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Polish: potępić — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Portuguese: condenar — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Russian: осужда́ть (osuždátʹ) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Russian: осуди́ть (osudítʹ) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Russian: порица́ть (poricátʹ) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Thai: ประณาม (bprà-naam) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Tocharian B: nāk- — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Turkish: kınamak — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Ukrainian: осу́джувати (osúdžuvaty) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Ukrainian: осуди́ти (osudýty) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Yiddish: פֿאַרדאַמען (fardamen) — to strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate
• Belarusian: асуджа́ць (asudžácʹ) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Belarusian: асудзі́ць (asudzícʹ) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Bulgarian: осъжда́м (osǎždám) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Catalan: condemnar — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Chinese Mandarin: 判罪 (pànzuì) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Chinese Mandarin: 定罪 (dìngzuì) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Dutch: veroordelen — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Esperanto: kondamni — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Finnish: tuomita — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Finnish: tuomita syylliseksi — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• French: déclarer coupable — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• German: verurteilen — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gawargjan) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Greek: καταδικάζω (katadikázo) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Ancient Greek: κατακρίνω (katakrínō) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Hungarian: elítél — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Hungarian: elmarasztal — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Hungarian: marasztal — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Italian: condannare — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Japanese: 断罪する (danzai suru) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Macedonian: о́суди (ósudi) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Macedonian: осу́дува (osúduva) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Middle English: dampnen — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Middle English: condempnen — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Norwegian: dømme — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Persian: محکوم کردن (mahkum kardan) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Portuguese: condenar — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Russian: осужда́ть (osuždátʹ) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Russian: осуди́ть (osudítʹ) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Spanish: condenar — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Swedish: döma — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Ukrainian: засу́джувати (zasúdžuvaty) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Ukrainian: засуди́ти (zasudýty) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Ukrainian: осу́джувати (osúdžuvaty) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Ukrainian: осуди́ти (osudýty) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Yiddish: פֿאַרמשפּטן (farmshptn) — to judicially pronounce (someone) guilty
• Bulgarian: осъжда́м (osǎždám) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Bulgarian: проклина́м (proklinám) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Catalan: damnar — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Catalan: condemnar — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Cherokee: ᏗᎦᏘᎸᏍᏗ (digatilvsdi) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Chinese Cantonese: 譴責 /谴责 (hin3 zaak6) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Chinese Cantonese: 聲討 /声讨 (seng1 tou2) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Chinese Mandarin: 譴責 /谴责 (qiǎnzé) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Chinese Mandarin: 聲討 /声讨 (shēngtǎo) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Chinese Mandarin: 詛咒 /诅咒 (zǔzhòu) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Chinese Mandarin: 永罰 /永罚 — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Czech: proklít — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Czech: proklínat — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Danish: fordømme — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Dutch: veroordelen — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Finnish: tuomita — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• French: condamner — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• German: verdammen — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• German: verurteilen — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Ido: kondamnar — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Japanese: 責める (semeru) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Japanese: 非難する (hinan suru) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Khmer: កាត់ទោស (kat tooh) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Korean: 비난하다 (binanhada) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Latin: addīcō — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Macedonian: про́колне (prókolne) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Macedonian: ко́лне (kólne) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Mirandese: cundanar — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Portuguese: condenar — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Russian: проклина́ть (proklinátʹ) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Russian: прокля́сть (prokljástʹ) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Russian: осужда́ть (osuždátʹ) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Russian: осуди́ть (osudítʹ) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Spanish: condenar — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Swedish: fördöma — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Tamil: கண்டனம் தெரிவி (kaṇṭaṉam terivi) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Turkish: lanetlemek — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Turkish: kahretmek — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Welsh: condemnio — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Yiddish: פֿאַרדאַמען (fardamen) — to confer eternal (divine) punishment upon
• Catalan: condemnar — to destine to experience bad circumstances — see also doom
• Chinese Mandarin: 注定遭殃 (zhùdìng zāoyāng) — to destine to experience bad circumstances — see also doom
• Finnish: tuomita — to destine to experience bad circumstances — see also doom
• Greek: καταδικάζω (katadikázo) — to destine to experience bad circumstances — see also doom
• Hungarian: kárhoztat — to destine to experience bad circumstances — see also doom
• Catalan: clausurar — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Catalan: declarar inhabitable — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Catalan: declarar ruïna — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Chinese Mandarin: 判定不宜居住 (pàndìng bùyí jūzhù) — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Finnish: todeta asumiskelvottomaksi — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• French: condamner — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• German: für abrissreif erklären — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Hungarian: (le)bontásra ítél — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Hungarian: (le)bontását elrendeli — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Norwegian: kondemnere — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Portuguese: condenar — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Spanish: clausurar — to adjudge as unfit for habitation
• Catalan: declarar no comestible — to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
• Catalan: declarar no potable — to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
• Chinese Mandarin: 判定不宜食用 (pàndìng bùyí shíyòng) — to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
• Finnish: todeta syömäkelvottomaksi — to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
• German: für ungenießbar erklären — to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
• Norwegian: kondemnere — to adjudge food or drink as unfit for human consumption
• Catalan: immobilitzar — to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
• Catalan: declarar no apte per a la navegació — to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
• Chinese Mandarin: 宣告船隻沒收或不適航 /宣告船只没收或不适航 (xuāngào chuánzhī mòshōu huò bù shìháng) — to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
• Finnish: todeta merikelvottomaksi — to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
• German: für seeuntüchtig erklären — to declare a vessel forfeited or unfit for service
• Catalan: afectar — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• Catalan: expropiar — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• Chinese Mandarin: 徵用 /征用 (zhēngyòng) — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• Chinese Mandarin: 徵收 /征收 (zhēngshōu) — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• Finnish: pakkolunastaa — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• Finnish: pakko-ottaa — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• German: enteignen — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• Turkish: istimlak etmek — to declare property to be assigned to public use
• Turkish: kamulaştırmak — to declare property to be assigned to public use