libel

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• līʹbəl
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• /ˈlaɪbəl/
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From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تشهير (tašhīr) — defamatory false written statement
• Arabic: قذف (qad̠f) — defamatory false written statement
• Armenian: զրպարտություն (zrpartutʻyun) — defamatory false written statement
• Bulgarian: клевета (kleveta) — defamatory false written statement
• Bulgarian: донос (donos) — defamatory false written statement
• Catalan: libel — defamatory false written statement
• Czech: hanopis — defamatory false written statement
• Danish: injurie — defamatory false written statement
• Danish: ærekrænkelse — defamatory false written statement
• Danish: æresfornærmelse — defamatory false written statement
• Danish: bagvaskelse — defamatory false written statement
• Esperanto: kalumnio — defamatory false written statement
• Finnish: kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus — defamatory false written statement
• Finnish: kirjallinen herjaus — defamatory false written statement
• Finnish: häväistyskirjoitus — defamatory false written statement
• French: calomnie f écrite — defamatory false written statement
• French: libelle — defamatory false written statement
• German: schriftliche Verleumdung — defamatory false written statement
• Greek: λίβελλος (lívellos) — defamatory false written statement
• Greek: λιβελλογράφημα (livellográfima) — defamatory false written statement
• Macedonian: клевета (kleveta) — defamatory false written statement
• Portuguese: calúnia — defamatory false written statement
• Russian: клевета́ (klevetá) — defamatory false written statement
• Russian: диффама́ция (diffamácija) — defamatory false written statement
• Sicilian: calugna — defamatory false written statement
• Sicilian: diffamazziuni — defamatory false written statement
• Spanish: libelo — defamatory false written statement
• Swedish: förtal — defamatory false written statement
• Swedish: ärekränkning — defamatory false written statement
• Swedish: smädeskrift — defamatory false written statement
• Tagalog: paninirang-puri — defamatory false written statement
• Armenian: զրպարտություն (zrpartutʻyun) — act or crime
• Catalan: difamació — act or crime
• Czech: pomluva — act or crime
• Danish: injurie — act or crime
• Danish: ærekrænkelse — act or crime
• Danish: æresfornærmelse — act or crime
• Danish: bagvaskelse — act or crime
• Finnish: kirjallinen kunnianloukkaus — act or crime
• French: calomnie f écrite — act or crime
• German: schriftliche Verleumdung — act or crime
• Greek: συκοφαντική δυσφήμηση (sykofantikí dysfímisi) — act or crime
• Irish: leabhal — act or crime
• Italian: diffamazione — act or crime
• Portuguese: difamação — act or crime
• Russian: клевета́ (klevetá) — act or crime
• Russian: диффама́ция (diffamácija) — act or crime
• Sicilian: calugna — act or crime
• Sicilian: diffamazziuni — act or crime
• Swedish: förtal — act or crime
• Swedish: ärekränkning — act or crime
• Welsh: enllib — act or crime
• Finnish: kunnianloukkauskanne — statement by the plaintiff
• Portuguese: libelo — statement by the plaintiff
• Russian: жа́лоба (žáloba) — statement by the plaintiff
• Russian: исковое заявле́ние (iskovoje zajavlénije) — statement by the plaintiff
• Bulgarian: пасквил (paskvil) — any defamatory writing
• Danish: smædeskrift — any defamatory writing
• Dutch: smaadschrift — any defamatory writing
• German: Schmähschrift — any defamatory writing
• Greek: λιβελλογράφημα (livellográfima) — any defamatory writing
• Greek: σάτιρα (sátira) — any defamatory writing
• Portuguese: difamação — any defamatory writing
• Portuguese: libelo — any defamatory writing
• Russian: пасквиль (paskvilʹ) — any defamatory writing
• Sicilian: calugna — any defamatory writing
• Sicilian: diffamazziuni — any defamatory writing
• Bulgarian: клеветя (klevetja) — to defame someone
• Bulgarian: злепоставям (zlepostavjam) — to defame someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 讒謗 /谗谤 (chánbàng) — to defame someone
• Czech: pomluvit — to defame someone
• Danish: bagtale — to defame someone
• Danish: bagvaske — to defame someone
• Galician: difamar — to defame someone
• German: (schriftlich) verleumden — to defame someone
• Ancient Greek: διαβάλλω (diabállō) — to defame someone
• Hungarian: rágalmaz — to defame someone
• Macedonian: клевети (kleveti) — to defame someone
• Macedonian: наклевети (nakleveti) — to defame someone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sverta — to defame someone
• Portuguese: difamar — to defame someone
• Portuguese: libelar — to defame someone
• Romanian: defăima — to defame someone
• Russian: клевета́ть (klevetátʹ) — to defame someone
• Russian: наклевета́ть (naklevetátʹ) — to defame someone
• Russian: оклеветать (oklevetatʹ) — to defame someone
• Russian: дискредитировать (diskreditirovatʹ) — to defame someone
• Russian: позорить (pozoritʹ) — to defame someone
• Russian: опозорить (opozoritʹ) — to defame someone
• Slovak: ohovoriť — to defame someone
• Spanish: libelar (desus.) — to defame someone
• Swedish: förtala — to defame someone
• Swedish: ärekränka — to defame someone
• Swedish: smutskasta — to defame someone
• Turkish: hakaret etmek — to defame someone
• Turkish: iftira etmek — to defame someone
• Turkish: karalamak — to defame someone