ribald

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪb.əld/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/
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• General-American: /ˈɹɪb.əld/
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• General-American: /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/
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From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald. Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կոպիտ (kopit) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Armenian: գռեհիկ (gṙehik) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Armenian: անվայել (anvayel) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Azerbaijani: ədəbsiz — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Bulgarian: неприличен (nepriličen) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Bulgarian: нецензурен (necenzuren) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Czech: přisprostlý — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Czech: oplzlý — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Czech: necudný — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Dutch: grof — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Dutch: vulgair — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Estonian: rõve — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Finnish: ruokoton — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• French: grossier — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• French: vulgaire — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• French: grivois — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• French: paillard — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• German: frivol — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• German: zotig — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• German: anstößig — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Greek: άσεμνα (ásemna) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Ancient Greek: βωμολόχος (bōmolókhos) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Ancient Greek: εὐτράπελος (eutrápelos) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Hungarian: szemérmetlen — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Lithuanian: storžieviškas — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Polish: sprośny — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Polish: nieprzyzwoity — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Polish: obsceniczny — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Polish: zbereźny — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Portuguese: ribaldo — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Russian: непристойный (nepristojnyj) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Russian: поха́бный (poxábnyj) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Serbo-Croatian: скаредан — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Serbo-Croatian: вулгаран — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Serbo-Croatian: skaredan — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Serbo-Croatian: vulgaran — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Spanish: obsceno — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Spanish: vulgar — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Thai: พูดสามหาว (phūt sāmhāw) — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Turkish: yüzsüz — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Turkish: utanmaz — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Turkish: müstehcen — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Turkish: ağzı bozuk — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Turkish: terbiyesiz — coarse, lewd, vulgar
• Armenian: զազրախոս (zazraxos) — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Armenian: հայհոյախոս (hayhoyaxos) — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Bulgarian: циник (cinik) — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Czech: nemrava — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Czech: necuda — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Dutch: lomperik — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Dutch: viezerik — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• French: balourd — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• French: lourdaud — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• French: dégoûtant — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• French: sagouin — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Old Norse: ribbaldi — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Polish: sprośnik — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Polish: bezwstydnik — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Polish: bezwstydnica — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Portuguese: ribaldo — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Russian: скверносло́в (skvernoslóv) — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Serbo-Croatian: хулник — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Serbo-Croatian: hulnik — individual who is filthy or vulgar
• Spanish: vulgar — individual who is filthy or vulgar