pejorative

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɪˈd͡ʒɒɹətɪv/
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• General-American: /pɪˈd͡ʒoɹətɪv/
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• uncommon: /pɪˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ə.tɪv/
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• /pəˈd͡ʒoɹətəv/ weak vowel merger
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From Late Latin peiōrātus (“worsened”, past participle of peiōrāre (“worsen”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неодобрителен (neodobritelen) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Bulgarian: омаловажаващ (omalovažavašt) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Catalan: pejoratiu — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Chinese Mandarin: 貶義的 /贬义的 (biǎnyì de) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕蔑的 /轻蔑的 (qīngmiè de) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Czech: pejorativní — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Danish: nedsættende — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Dutch: kleinerend denigrerend — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Finnish: halventava — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Finnish: väheksyvä — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Finnish: alentava — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Finnish: pejoratiivinen — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• French: péjoratif — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Galician: pexorativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• German: abschätzig — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• German: abwertend — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• German: herabsetzend — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• German: verschlechternd — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• German: verschlimmernd — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• German: pejorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Greek: υποτιμητικός (ypotimitikós) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Greek: εξευτελιστικός (exeftelistikós) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Greek: μειωτικός (meiotikós) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Hungarian: pejoratív — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Italian: peggiorativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Italian: riduttivo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Japanese: 軽蔑的な (keibetsuteki na) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Japanese: 侮蔑的な (bubetsuteki na) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Japanese: 侮辱的な (bujokuteki na) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Korean: 경멸어 (gyeongmyeoreo) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Korean: 경멸적인 (gyeongmyeoljeogin) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Macedonian: погрден (pogrden) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Macedonian: пејорати́вен (pejoratíven) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Malayalam: അപകീർത്തികരമായ (apakīṟttikaramāya) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Norwegian Bokmål: nedsettende — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nedsetjande — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Polish: pejoratywny — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Portuguese: pejorativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Romanian: peiorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Russian: неодобри́тельный (neodobrítelʹnyj) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Russian: уничижи́тельный (uničižítelʹnyj) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Russian: презри́тельный (prezrítelʹnyj) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Spanish: peyorativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Swedish: nedsättande — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Swedish: pejorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Turkish: ablak — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Turkish: alçaltıcı — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Turkish: aşağılayıcı — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Turkish: küçültücü — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Turkish: yermeli — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Turkish: pejoratif — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Ukrainian: лайли́вий (lajlývyj) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Ukrainian: прини́зливий (prynýzlyvyj) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory
• Afrikaans: pejoratief — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 貶義詞 /贬义词 (biǎnyìcí) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕蔑詞 /轻蔑词 (qīngmiècí) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 貶義語 /贬义语 (biǎnyìyǔ) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕蔑語 /轻蔑语 (qīngmièyǔ) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Czech: pejorativum — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Danish: pejorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Danish: nedsættende udsagn — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Dutch: pejoratief — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Finnish: pejoratiivi — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Finnish: haukkumasana — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• German: Pejorativum — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Italian: peggiorativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Italian: spregiativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Japanese: 軽蔑 (keibetsu) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Japanese: 侮蔑 (bubetsu) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Japanese: 侮辱 (bujoku) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Macedonian: пејорати́в (pejoratív) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Norwegian: pejorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Portuguese: pejorativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Romanian: peiorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Serbo-Croatian: пежоратив — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Serbo-Croatian: пејоратив — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Serbo-Croatian: pežorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Serbo-Croatian: pejorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Spanish: peyorativo — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Swedish: pejorativ — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Turkish: aşağılama — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Turkish: hakaret — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Ukrainian: лайли́ве сло́во (lajlýve slóvo) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Ukrainian: ла́йка (lájka) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression
• Ukrainian: прини́зливе сло́во (prynýzlyve slóvo) — disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression