reprimand

From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).

• (Received Pronunciation) (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/

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• (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/, /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/

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  • Rhymes: -ɑːnd
• (General American) (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/
• (General American) (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈmænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd
• Hyphenation: rep‧ri‧mand

reprimand (plural reprimands)

1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
   • 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:

     Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)

1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
   • 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.

     He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

reprimand c

1. a reprimand

   att ge en reprimand

   to give a reprimand

• reprimand in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• reprimand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• reprimand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)