defendant

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• /dɪˈfɛnd.ənt/
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From Middle English defendaunt (“defending; defending in a suit”), borrowed from Old French defendant, present participle of defendre, from Latin dēfendere.

From Middle English defendaunt (“defendant in a suit; defender”), borrowed from Old French defendant, nominalisation of defendant; see above.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: odpůrce — party responding to the complaint
• Hungarian: alperes — party responding to the complaint
• Italian: convenuto — party responding to the complaint
• Italian: controparte — party responding to the complaint
• Arabic: مُدَّعًى عَلَيْهِ (muddaʕan ʕalayhi) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Arabic: مُتَّهَم (muttaham) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Arabic: مُتَّهَمَة (muttahama) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Armenian: ամբաստանյալ (ambastanyal) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Armenian: պատասխանող (patasxanoġ) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: абвінава́чаны (abvinaváčany) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: абвінава́чаная (abvinaváčanaja) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: абвінава́чваны (abvinaváčvany) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: абвінава́чваная (abvinaváčvanaja) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: падвiно́ўны (padvinówny) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: падвiно́ўная (padvinównaja) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: адка́зчык (adkázčyk) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: адка́зчыца (adkázčyca) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: падсу́дны (padsúdny) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: падсу́дная (padsúdnaja) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: падсудзі́мы (padsudzímy) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Belarusian: падсудзі́мая (padsudzímaja) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bengali: মুদ্দালেহ (muddaleho) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bulgarian: обвиня́ем (obvinjáem) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bulgarian: обвиня́ема (obvinjáema) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bulgarian: отве́тник (otvétnik) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bulgarian: отве́тничка (otvétnička) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bulgarian: отве́тница (otvétnica) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bulgarian: подсъди́м (podsǎdím) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Bulgarian: подсъди́ма (podsǎdíma) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Chinese Mandarin: 被告 (bèigào) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Czech: obžalovaný — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Czech: obžalovaná — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Czech: obviněný — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Czech: obviněná — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Czech: žalovaný — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Czech: žalovaná — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Danish: indstævnte — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Dutch: verdachte — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Dutch: verweerder — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Esperanto: akuzito — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Esperanto: akuzitino — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Estonian: kaebealune — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Finnish: vastaaja — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• French: inculpé — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• French: inculpée — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• French: défendeur — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• French: défenderesse — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Georgian: მოპასუხე (moṗasuxe) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Angeklagter — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Angeklagte — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Angeschuldigter — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Angeschuldigte — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Beschuldigter — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Beschuldigte — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Beklagter — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• German: Beklagte — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Greek: εναγόμενος (enagómenos) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Greek: εναγομένη (enagoméni) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Greek: κατηγορούμενος (katigoroúmenos) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Greek: κατηγορουμένη (katigorouméni) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ancient Greek: κατηγορούμενος (katēgoroúmenos) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ancient Greek: κατηγορουμένη (katēgorouménē) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Hebrew: נאשם \ נֶאֱשָׁם (ne'eshám) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Hebrew: נאשמת \ נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת (ne'eshémet) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Hindi: अभियुक्त (abhiyukt) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Hindi: प्रतिवादी (prativādī) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Hungarian: vádlott — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Hungarian: terhelt — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Icelandic: sakborningur — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Indonesian: tergugat — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Interlingua: accusato — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Irish: cosantóir — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Italian: imputato — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Italian: imputata — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Italian: accusato — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Italian: accusata — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Japanese: 被告 (hikoku) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Khmer: ចុងចោទ (congcaot) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Korean: 피고 (pigo) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Korean: 피고인 (pigoin) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Latin: reus — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Macedonian: обвинет (obvinet) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Macedonian: обвинета (obvineta) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Macedonian: оптуженик (optuženik) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Macedonian: оптуженичка (optuženička) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Malayalam: പ്രതി (prati) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Māori: kaikaro — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Māori: whakatuaki — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Norwegian Bokmål: anklagede — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Pannonian Rusyn: бранєни (branjeni) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Pannonian Rusyn: бранєна (branjena) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Persian: خوانده (xânde) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Polish: oskarżony — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Polish: oskarżona — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Polish: pozwany — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Polish: pozwana — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Portuguese: réu — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Portuguese: ré — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Portuguese: acusado — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Portuguese: acusada — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Russian: обвиня́емый (obvinjájemyj) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Russian: обвиня́емая (obvinjájemaja) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Russian: отве́тчик (otvétčik) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Russian: отве́тчица (otvétčica) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Russian: подсуди́мый (podsudímyj) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Russian: подсуди́мая (podsudímaja) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: бра̑њенӣк — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: бра̑њеница) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: оптужѐнӣк — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: оптужѐница — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: brȃnjenīk — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: brȃnjenica — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: optužènīk — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Serbo-Croatian: optužènica — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Slovak: žalovaný — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Slovak: žalovaná — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Slovak: obžalovaný — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Slovak: obžalovaná — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Slovene: obtoženi — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Slovene: obtožena — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Spanish: acusado — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Spanish: acusada — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Swedish: anklagad — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Thai: จําเลย (jam-ləəi) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Turkish: sanık — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: звинува́чений (zvynuváčenyj) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: звинува́чена (zvynuváčena) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: відповіда́ч (vidpovidáč) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: відповіда́чка (vidpovidáčka) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: підсу́дний (pidsúdnyj) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: підсу́дна (pidsúdna) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: обвинува́чуваний (obvynuváčuvanyj) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Ukrainian: обвинува́чувана (obvynuváčuvana) — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Urdu: مدعا علیہ — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Vietnamese: bị cáo — person prosecuted or sued, the accused
• Vietnamese: bị đơn — person prosecuted or sued, the accused