punishment

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• /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/
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• [ˈphʌnɪʃmənt] ~ [ˈphʌnɪʃmn̩t]
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From Middle English punishement, from Old French punissement, from punir (“to punish”). Equivalent to punish + -ment. Displaced native Old English wīte.

286 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: straf — act of punishing
• Albanian: dënim — act of punishing
• Albanian: ndëshkim — act of punishing
• Amharic: ቅጣት (ḳəṭat) — act of punishing
• Arabic: عِقَاب (ʕiqāb) — act of punishing
• Arabic: جَزَاء (jazāʔ) — act of punishing
• Arabic: مُجَازَاة (mujāzāh) — act of punishing
• Armenian: պատիժ (patiž) — act of punishing
• Armenian: պատժում (patžum) — act of punishing
• Old Armenian: պատիժ (patiž) — act of punishing
• Old Armenian: պատուհաս (patuhas) — act of punishing
• Assamese: শাস্তি (xasti) — act of punishing
• Asturian: castigu — act of punishing
• Azerbaijani: cəza — act of punishing
• Bashkir: яза (yaza) — act of punishing
• Belarusian: пакара́нне (pakaránnje) — act of punishing
• Belarusian: пакара́ньне (pakaránʹnje) — act of punishing
• Belarusian: ка́ра (kára) — act of punishing
• Bengali: সাজা (śaja) — act of punishing
• Bengali: দণ্ড (donḍo) — act of punishing
• Bengali: শাস্তি (śasti) — act of punishing
• Bulgarian: наказа́ние (nakazánie) — act of punishing
• Burmese: ဒဏ် (dan) — act of punishing
• Burmese: အပြစ် (a.prac) — act of punishing
• Catalan: punició — act of punishing
• Catalan: puniment — act of punishing
• Cebuano: kastigo — act of punishing
• Chechen: таӏзар (taˀzar) — act of punishing
• Cherokee: ᎤᏓᏍᏛᏗᏍᏗ (udasdvdisdi) — act of punishing
• Chinese Cantonese: 懲罰 /惩罚 (cing4 fat6) — act of punishing
• Chinese Cantonese: 刑罰 /刑罚 (jing4 fat6) — act of punishing
• Chinese Mandarin: 懲罰 /惩罚 (chéngfá) — act of punishing
• Chinese Mandarin: 刑罰 /刑罚 (xíngfá) — act of punishing
• Cornish: kessydhyans — act of punishing
• Czech: trest — act of punishing
• Danish: straf — act of punishing
• Dutch: bestraffing — act of punishing
• Dutch: straf — act of punishing
• Esperanto: puno — act of punishing
• Estonian: karistus — act of punishing
• Faroese: revsing — act of punishing
• Finnish: rankaiseminen — act of punishing
• Finnish: rankaisu — act of punishing
• French: punition — act of punishing
• French: châtiment — act of punishing
• Galician: castigo — act of punishing
• Galician: punición — act of punishing
• Georgian: დასჯა (dasǯa) — act of punishing
• German: Strafe — act of punishing
• German: Bestrafung — act of punishing
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄 (andabeit) — act of punishing
• Greek: τιμωρία (timoría) — act of punishing
• Ancient Greek: τιμωρία (timōría) — act of punishing
• Gujarati: સજા (sajā) — act of punishing
• Hebrew: עונש \ עֹנֶשׁ (ónesh) — act of punishing
• Hebrew: עֲנִישָׁה (anishá) — act of punishing
• Hindi: सज़ा (sazā) — act of punishing
• Hindi: दण्ड (daṇḍ) — act of punishing
• Hungarian: büntetés — act of punishing
• Icelandic: refsing — act of punishing
• Indonesian: hukuman — act of punishing
• Irish: pionós — act of punishing
• Italian: punizione — act of punishing
• Italian: pena — act of punishing
• Italian: castigo — act of punishing
• Japanese: 罰 (batsu) — act of punishing
• Japanese: 懲罰 (chōbatsu) — act of punishing
• Japanese: 処罰 (shobatsu) — act of punishing
• Japanese: 刑罰 (keibatsu) — act of punishing
• Kannada: ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ (śikṣe) — act of punishing
• Kashmiri: سَزا (sazā) — act of punishing
• Kazakh: жаза (jaza) — act of punishing
• Khmer: ទណ្ឌ (tŏən) — act of punishing
• Khmer: ទណ្ឌកម្ម (tŏəndĕəʼ kam) — act of punishing
• Khmer: ទណ្ឌកិច្ច (tŏəndĕəʼ kəc) — act of punishing
• Korean: 처벌 (cheobeol) — act of punishing
• Korean: 벌 (beol) — act of punishing
• Korean: 형벌 (hyeongbeol) — act of punishing
• Korean: 징벌 (jingbeol) — act of punishing
• Northern Kurdish: ceza — act of punishing
• Kyrgyz: жаза (jaza) — act of punishing
• Lao: ໂທດ (thōt) — act of punishing
• Lao: ທັນ (than) — act of punishing
• Latin: supplicium — act of punishing
• Latin: poena — act of punishing
• Latvian: sods — act of punishing
• Latvian: sodīšana — act of punishing
• Lithuanian: bausmė — act of punishing
• Luxembourgish: Strof — act of punishing
• Macedonian: казна (kazna) — act of punishing
• Macedonian: казнување (kaznuvanje) — act of punishing
• Malay: hukuman — act of punishing
• Malay: seksa — act of punishing
• Malay: dera — act of punishing
• Malayalam: ശിക്ഷ (śikṣa) — act of punishing
• Marathi: शिक्षा (śikṣā) — act of punishing
• Mongolian: шийтгэл (šiitgel) — act of punishing
• Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠳᠬᠡᠯ (sidkel) — act of punishing
• Nepali: सजाय (sajāya) — act of punishing
• Nepali: दण्ड (daṇḍa) — act of punishing
• Norman: peunnition — act of punishing
• Norwegian Bokmål: straff — act of punishing
• Occitan: puniment — act of punishing
• Odia: ଦଣ୍ଡ (daṇḍa) — act of punishing
• Odia: ଶାସ୍ତି (śāsti) — act of punishing
• Church Slavic: кара (kara) — act of punishing
• Old English: wīte — act of punishing
• Pannonian Rusyn: кара (kara) — act of punishing
• Pashto: جزا (jazā) — act of punishing
• Pashto: ايداد (idad) — act of punishing
• Pashto: مجازات (mujāzāt) — act of punishing
• Iranian Persian: تَنْبیه (tanbih) — act of punishing
• Iranian Persian: جَزا (jazâ) — act of punishing
• Iranian Persian: مُجازَات (mojâzât) — act of punishing
• Iranian Persian: عِقاب (eġâb) — act of punishing
• Iranian Persian: سَزا (sazâ) — act of punishing
• Polish: karanie — act of punishing
• Polish: kara — act of punishing
• Portuguese: punição — act of punishing
• Punjabi: ਸਜ਼ਾ (sazā) — act of punishing
• Punjabi: سَزا (sazā) — act of punishing
• Quechua: wanay — act of punishing
• Romanian: pedepsire — act of punishing
• Romanian: pedeapsă — act of punishing
• Russian: наказа́ние (nakazánije) — act of punishing
• Russian: ка́ра (kára) — act of punishing
• Sanskrit: दण्ड (daṇḍa) — act of punishing
• Sanskrit: दम (dama) — act of punishing
• Sanskrit: निग्रह (nigraha) — act of punishing
• Sanskrit: शिक्षा (śikṣā) — act of punishing
• Scottish Gaelic: peanasachadh — act of punishing
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏зна — act of punishing
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁzna — act of punishing
• Sindhi: سَزا (sazā) — act of punishing
• Sinhalese: දඬුවම (danḍuwama) — act of punishing
• Slovak: trest — act of punishing
• Slovene: kazen — act of punishing
• Spanish: castigo — act of punishing
• Spanish: escarmiento — act of punishing
• Spanish: punición — act of punishing
• Swedish: straff — act of punishing
• Tagalog: kastigo — act of punishing
• Tajik: ҷазо (jazo) — act of punishing
• Tajik: сазо (sazo) — act of punishing
• Tajik: муҷозот (mujozot) — act of punishing
• Tajik: танбеҳ (tanbeh) — act of punishing
• Tajik: иқоб (iqob) — act of punishing
• Tamil: தண்டம் (taṇṭam) — act of punishing
• Tamil: தண்டனம் (taṇṭaṉam) — act of punishing
• Tatar: җәза (cäza) — act of punishing
• Telugu: శిక్ష (śikṣa) — act of punishing
• Thai: โทษ (tôot) — act of punishing
• Thai: ทัณฑ์ (tan) — act of punishing
• Tibetan: ཉེས་ཆད (nyes chad) — act of punishing
• Tigrinya: ምቕጻዕ (məx̣ṣaʿ) — act of punishing
• Tigrinya: መቕጻዕቲ (mäx̣ṣaʿti) — act of punishing
• Turkish: ceza — act of punishing
• Turkish: mücazat — act of punishing
• Ottoman Turkish: جزا (ceza) — act of punishing
• Ottoman Turkish: مجازات (mücazat) — act of punishing
• Turkmen: jeza — act of punishing
• Ukrainian: покара́ння (pokaránnja) — act of punishing
• Ukrainian: ка́ра (kára) — act of punishing
• Urdu: سَزا (sazā) — act of punishing
• Urdu: دَنْڈ (danḍ) — act of punishing
• Urdu: عِقاب ('iqāb) — act of punishing
• Urdu: مُجازات (mujāzāt) — act of punishing
• Uyghur: جازا (jaza) — act of punishing
• Uzbek: jazo — act of punishing
• Uzbek: tanbeh — act of punishing
• Uzbek: iqob — act of punishing
• Uzbek: sazo — act of punishing
• Vietnamese: hình phạt — act of punishing
• Vietnamese: trừng trị — act of punishing
• Vietnamese: sự phạt — act of punishing
• Yakut: буруйдааһын (buruydaahïn) — act of punishing
• Yiddish: שטראָף (shtrof) — act of punishing
• Zazaki: ceza (diq) — act of punishing
• Afrikaans: straf — penalty for wrongdoing
• Arabic: عُقُوبَة (ʕuqūba) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Armenian: պատիժ (patiž) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Old Armenian: պատիժ (patiž) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Old Armenian: պատուհաս (patuhas) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Asturian: castigu — penalty for wrongdoing
• Belarusian: пакара́нне (pakaránnje) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Belarusian: пакара́ньне (pakaránʹnje) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Belarusian: ка́ра (kára) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Bulgarian: наказа́ние (nakazánie) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Catalan: càstig — penalty for wrongdoing
• Cherokee: ᎤᏓᏍᏛᏗᏍᏗ (udasdvdisdi) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Chinese Mandarin: 刑罰 /刑罚 (xíngfá) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Czech: trest — penalty for wrongdoing
• Danish: straf — penalty for wrongdoing
• Dutch: straf — penalty for wrongdoing
• Esperanto: puno — penalty for wrongdoing
• Finnish: rangaistus — penalty for wrongdoing
• French: punition — penalty for wrongdoing
• Galician: castigo — penalty for wrongdoing
• Georgian: სასჯელი (sasǯeli) — penalty for wrongdoing
• German: Bestrafung — penalty for wrongdoing
• Greek: τιμωρία (timoría) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Greek: ποινή (poiní) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Ancient Greek: τιμωρία (timōría) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Ancient Greek: κόλασις (kólasis) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Hebrew: עונש (ónesh) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Hindi: दण्ड (daṇḍ) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Hindi: सज़ा (sazā) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Hungarian: büntetés — penalty for wrongdoing
• Ingrian: rangaissos — penalty for wrongdoing
• Irish: pionós — penalty for wrongdoing
• Japanese: 罰 (batsu) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Japanese: 刑罰 (keibatsu) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Japanese: 処罰 (shobatsu) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Kikuyu: ihera — penalty for wrongdoing
• Latin: pūnītiō — penalty for wrongdoing
• Latvian: sods — penalty for wrongdoing
• Luxembourgish: Strof — penalty for wrongdoing
• Luxembourgish: Bestrofung — penalty for wrongdoing
• Macedonian: казна (kazna) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Malay: azab — penalty for wrongdoing
• Malayalam: ശിക്ഷ (śikṣa) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Norman: peunnition — penalty for wrongdoing
• Norwegian Bokmål: straff — penalty for wrongdoing
• Old English: wīte — penalty for wrongdoing
• Iranian Persian: مُجازَات (mojâzât) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Iranian Persian: جَزا (jazâ) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Iranian Persian: کِیْفَر (keyfar) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Iranian Persian: تاوان (tâvân) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Plautdietsch: Strof — penalty for wrongdoing
• Polish: kara — penalty for wrongdoing
• Polish: kaźń — penalty for wrongdoing
• Portuguese: castigo — penalty for wrongdoing
• Portuguese: punição — penalty for wrongdoing
• Portuguese: pena — penalty for wrongdoing
• Punjabi: ਡੰਡ (ḍaṇḍ) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Romanian: pedeapsă — penalty for wrongdoing
• Russian: наказа́ние (nakazánije) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Scottish Gaelic: peanas — penalty for wrongdoing
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏зна — penalty for wrongdoing
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁzna — penalty for wrongdoing
• Sikkimese: ཀྱོམ (kyom) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Slovak: trest — penalty for wrongdoing
• Slovene: kazen — penalty for wrongdoing
• Spanish: castigo — penalty for wrongdoing
• Spanish: escarmiento — penalty for wrongdoing
• Swedish: straff — penalty for wrongdoing
• Ottoman Turkish: جزا (ceza) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Ukrainian: покара́ння (pokaránnja) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Ukrainian: ка́ра (kára) — penalty for wrongdoing
• Welsh: cosb — penalty for wrongdoing
• Arabic: عِقَاب (ʕiqāb) — suffering imposed as retribution
• Catalan: punició — suffering imposed as retribution
• Catalan: puniment — suffering imposed as retribution
• Ngazidja Comorian: âdhaɓu — suffering imposed as retribution
• Dutch: afstraffing — suffering imposed as retribution
• Dutch: boetedoening — suffering imposed as retribution
• Dutch: vergelding — suffering imposed as retribution
• Dutch: boete — suffering imposed as retribution
• Finnish: rangaistus — suffering imposed as retribution
• French: punition — suffering imposed as retribution
• French: châtiment — suffering imposed as retribution
• Macedonian: казна (kazna) — suffering imposed as retribution
• Malay: azab — suffering imposed as retribution
• Malayalam: ശിക്ഷ (śikṣa) — suffering imposed as retribution
• Norman: peunnition — suffering imposed as retribution
• Persian: مجازات (mojâzât) — suffering imposed as retribution
• Persian: کیفر (keyfar) — suffering imposed as retribution
• Persian: تنبیه (tanbih) — suffering imposed as retribution
• Romanian: penalizare — suffering imposed as retribution
• Romanian: pedeapsă — suffering imposed as retribution
• Scottish Gaelic: peanas — suffering imposed as retribution
• Spanish: penitencia — suffering imposed as retribution
• Spanish: escarmiento — suffering imposed as retribution
• Armenian: պատիժ (patiž) — harsh treatment or experience
• Armenian: պատուհաս (patuhas) — harsh treatment or experience
• Catalan: punició — harsh treatment or experience
• Catalan: puniment — harsh treatment or experience
• Danish: afstraffelse — harsh treatment or experience
• Dutch: afstraffing — harsh treatment or experience
• Dutch: beproeving — harsh treatment or experience
• Dutch: vergelding — harsh treatment or experience
• Finnish: kurittaminen — harsh treatment or experience
• French: punition — harsh treatment or experience
• Norman: peunnition — harsh treatment or experience
• Persian: بلا (balâ) — harsh treatment or experience
• Polish: wycisk — harsh treatment or experience