defamatory

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• UK: /dɪˈfæmətɹi/
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• General-American: /dɪˈfæməˌtɔɹi/
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From Middle French diffamatoire (altered after the prefix de-), from Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius.

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: клеветни́чески (klevetníčeski) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Bulgarian: злословен (zlosloven) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Catalan: difamatori — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Catalan: difamador — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Catalan: difamant — damaging to someone’s reputation
• French: diffamatoire — damaging to someone’s reputation
• French: diffamant — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Galician: difamatorio — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Galician: difamador — damaging to someone’s reputation
• German: verleumderisch — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Greek: δυσφημιστικός (dysfimistikós) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Greek: συκοφαντικός (sykofantikós) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Icelandic: ærumeiðandi — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Irish: aithiseach — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Middle English: blameful — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Polish: oszczerczy — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Polish: szkalujący — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Portuguese: difamatório — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Portuguese: difamador — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Russian: бесче́стящий (besčéstjaščij) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Russian: дискредити́рующий (diskreditírujuščij) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Russian: клеветни́ческий (klevetníčeskij) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Russian: поро́чащий (poróčaščij) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Spanish: difamatorio — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Spanish: difamador — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Ukrainian: який ганьбить (jakyj hanʹbytʹ) — damaging to someone’s reputation
• Ukrainian: наклепницький (naklepnycʹkyj) — damaging to someone’s reputation