negligence

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• /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns/
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• CMU ARPABET: N EH1 G L AH0 JH AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English necligence, negligence, from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: välinpitämättömyys — state of being negligent
• Finnish: piittaamattomuus — state of being negligent
• German: Nachlässigkeit — state of being negligent
• German: Unachtsamkeit — state of being negligent
• Old English: rēċelēasnes — state of being negligent
• Spanish: negligencia — state of being negligent
• Spanish: pigricia — state of being negligent
• Finnish: tuottamus — tort
• Hebrew: רַשְׁלָנוּת (rashlanút) — tort
• Armenian: անփութություն (anpʻutʻutʻyun) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Bengali: গাফলাতি (gaflati) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Bulgarian: нехайство (nehajstvo) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Bulgarian: немарливост (nemarlivost) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Catalan: negligència — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Chinese Mandarin: 過失 /过失 (guòshī) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Chinese Mandarin: 疏忽 (shūhu) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Chinese Mandarin: 失職 /失职 (shīzhí) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Czech: nedbalost — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Dutch: nalatigheid — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Dutch: achteloosheid — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Finnish: huolimattomuus — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Finnish: heitteillejättö — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• French: négligence coupable — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Georgian: დაუდევრობა (daudevroba) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• German: Fahrlässigkeit — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Greek: αμέλεια (améleia) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Ancient Greek: ἀμέλεια (améleia) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Hebrew: רַשְׁלָנוּת (rashlanút) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Interlingua: negligentia — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Italian: negligenza — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Japanese: 過失 (kashitsu) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Japanese: 疎か (orosoka) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Korean: 과실 (gwasil) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Korean: 소홀 (sohol) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Latin: indiligentia — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Latin: neglegentia — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Latin: incūria — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Norwegian Bokmål: uaktsomhet — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Polish: niedbalstwo — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Portuguese: negligência — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Romanian: neglijență — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Romanian: delăsare — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Russian: хала́тность (xalátnostʹ) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Spanish: negligencia — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Tagalog: kutalay — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Telugu: నిర్లక్ష్యం (nirlakṣyaṁ) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Tocharian B: ykorñe — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Turkish: ihmal — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Ottoman Turkish: اهمال (ihmal) — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Vietnamese: tính cẩu thả — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)
• Vietnamese: sự bất cẩn — law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)