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• UK, US: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/
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Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”).

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَقَّاد (naqqād) — person who appraises the works of others
• Arabic: نَاقِد (nāqid) — person who appraises the works of others
• Armenian: քննադատ (kʻnnadat) — person who appraises the works of others
• Azerbaijani: tənqidçi — person who appraises the works of others
• Bulgarian: кри́тик (krítik) — person who appraises the works of others
• Catalan: crític — person who appraises the works of others
• Chinese Mandarin: 批評家 /批评家 (pīpíngjiā) — person who appraises the works of others
• Chinese Mandarin: 評論家 /评论家 (pínglùnjiā) — person who appraises the works of others
• Dutch: criticus — person who appraises the works of others
• Esperanto: kritikisto — person who appraises the works of others
• Estonian: arvustaja — person who appraises the works of others
• Finnish: arvioija — person who appraises the works of others
• Finnish: arvottaja — person who appraises the works of others
• French: critique — person who appraises the works of others
• Galician: crítico — person who appraises the works of others
• German: Kritiker — person who appraises the works of others
• Greek: κριτικός (kritikós) — person who appraises the works of others
• Hebrew: מְבַקֵּר (mevakér) — person who appraises the works of others
• Hebrew: מְבַקֶּרֶת (mevakéret) — person who appraises the works of others
• Hindi: आलोचक (ālocak) — person who appraises the works of others
• Hindi: विवेचक (vivecak) — person who appraises the works of others
• Hungarian: kritikus — person who appraises the works of others
• Hungarian: kritikaíró — person who appraises the works of others
• Irish: léirmheastóir — person who appraises the works of others
• Irish: criticeoir — person who appraises the works of others
• Italian: critico — person who appraises the works of others
• Japanese: 批評家 (hihyōka) — person who appraises the works of others
• Japanese: 評論家 (hyōronka) — person who appraises the works of others
• Kazakh: сыншы (synşy) — person who appraises the works of others
• Central Kurdish: ڕەخنەگر (rexnegir) — person who appraises the works of others
• Northern Kurdish: rexnegir — person who appraises the works of others
• Kyrgyz: сынчы (sıncı) — person who appraises the works of others
• Persian: منتقد (montaqed) — person who appraises the works of others
• Persian: باریکبین (bârik-bin) — person who appraises the works of others
• Polish: krytyk — person who appraises the works of others
• Polish: krytyczka — person who appraises the works of others
• Portuguese: crítico — person who appraises the works of others
• Romanian: critic — person who appraises the works of others
• Romanian: critică — person who appraises the works of others
• Russian: кри́тик (krítik) — person who appraises the works of others
• Sicilian: crìticu — person who appraises the works of others
• Slovak: kritik — person who appraises the works of others
• Slovak: kritička — person who appraises the works of others
• Spanish: crítico — person who appraises the works of others
• Swedish: kritiker — person who appraises the works of others
• Tagalog: mamumuna — person who appraises the works of others
• Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan) — person who appraises the works of others
• Turkish: eleştirmen — person who appraises the works of others
• Yiddish: קריטיקער (kritiker) — person who appraises the works of others
• Armenian: քննադատ (kʻnnadat) — specialist in judging works of art
• Azerbaijani: tənqidçi — specialist in judging works of art
• Bulgarian: кри́тик (krítik) — specialist in judging works of art
• Catalan: crític — specialist in judging works of art
• Chinese Cantonese: 評論家 /评论家 (ping4 leon6 gaa1) — specialist in judging works of art
• Chinese Mandarin: 評論家 /评论家 (pínglùnjiā) — specialist in judging works of art
• Czech: kritik — specialist in judging works of art
• Esperanto: kritikisto — specialist in judging works of art
• Finnish: arvostelija — specialist in judging works of art
• Finnish: kriitikko — specialist in judging works of art
• German: Kritiker — specialist in judging works of art
• German: Kritikerin — specialist in judging works of art
• Greek: τεχνοκρίτης (technokrítis) — specialist in judging works of art
• Greek: τεχνοκριτικός (technokritikós) — specialist in judging works of art
• Hebrew: מְבַקֵּר (mevakér) — specialist in judging works of art
• Hebrew: מְבַקֶּרֶת (mevakéret) — specialist in judging works of art
• Hindi: आलोचक (ālocak) — specialist in judging works of art
• Hindi: विवेचक (vivecak) — specialist in judging works of art
• Hungarian: kritikus — specialist in judging works of art
• Hungarian: ítész — specialist in judging works of art
• Hungarian: műítész — specialist in judging works of art
• Hungarian: műbíráló — specialist in judging works of art
• Indonesian: kritik — specialist in judging works of art
• Irish: criticeoir — specialist in judging works of art
• Irish: léirmheastóir — specialist in judging works of art
• Italian: critico — specialist in judging works of art
• Northern Kurdish: rexnegir — specialist in judging works of art
• Polish: krytyk — specialist in judging works of art
• Polish: krytyczka — specialist in judging works of art
• Portuguese: crítico — specialist in judging works of art
• Romanian: critic — specialist in judging works of art
• Romanian: critică — specialist in judging works of art
• Russian: кри́тик (krítik) — specialist in judging works of art
• Scottish Gaelic: lèirmheasaiche — specialist in judging works of art
• Sicilian: crìticu — specialist in judging works of art
• Slovak: kritik — specialist in judging works of art
• Slovak: kritička — specialist in judging works of art
• Swedish: kritiker — specialist in judging works of art
• Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan) — specialist in judging works of art
• Turkish: eleştirmen — specialist in judging works of art
• Vietnamese: nhà phê bình — specialist in judging works of art
• Yiddish: קריטיקער (kritiker) — specialist in judging works of art
• Arabic: ناقد — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Armenian: քննադատ (kʻnnadat) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Azerbaijani: tənqidçi — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Azerbaijani: tənqidbaz — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Bulgarian: критикар (kritikar) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Catalan: crític — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Danish: kritiker — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Estonian: arvustaja — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Finnish: arvostelija — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Finnish: kriitikko — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• German: Kritiker — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Greek: επικριτής (epikritís) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Greek: κριτής (kritís) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Hindi: आलोचक (ālocak) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Hindi: विवेचक (vivecak) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Hungarian: kritikus — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Hungarian: bíráló — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Irish: cáinteoir — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Italian: critico — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Italian: polemista — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Central Kurdish: ڕەخنەگر (rexnegir) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Northern Kurdish: rexnegir — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Polish: krytyk — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Polish: krytyczka — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Portuguese: criticador — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Romanian: critic — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Romanian: critică — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Russian: кри́тик (krítik) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Russian: критика́н (kritikán) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Sicilian: crìticu — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Sicilian: pulimista — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Slovak: kritik — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Slovak: kritička — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Spanish: criticastro — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Spanish: criticón — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Spanish: criticador — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Swedish: kritiker — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan) — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Turkish: eleştirmen — one who criticizes; a person who finds fault
• Armenian: քննադատ (kʻnnadat) — opponent
• Finnish: vastustaja — opponent
• Finnish: vastaväittäjä — opponent
• German: Kritiker — opponent
• German: Kritikerin — opponent
• German: Gegner — opponent
• German: Gegnerin — opponent
• Hungarian: ellenző — opponent
• Italian: avversario — opponent
• Italian: oppositore — opponent
• Italian: concorrente — opponent
• Romanian: oponent — opponent
• Romanian: oponentă — opponent
• Romanian: opozant — opponent
• Romanian: opozantă — opponent
• Sicilian: abbirsaru — opponent
• Sicilian: uppusituri — opponent
• Sicilian: cuncurrenti — opponent
• Slovak: kritik — opponent
• Slovak: kritička — opponent