defendant
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
noun
- In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
- In criminal proceedings, the accused.
Pronunciation
/dɪˈfɛnd.ənt/
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Word forms
defendant
more defendant
most defendant
defendaunt
defendants
Etymology
From Middle English defendaunt (“defending; defending in a suit”), borrowed from Old French defendant, present participle of defendre, from Latin dēfendere.
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Translations
Arabic: مُدَّعًى عَلَيْهِ
Arabic: مُتَّهَم
Arabic: مُتَّهَمَة
Armenian: ամբաստանյալ
Armenian: պատասխանող
Belarusian: абвінава́чаны
Belarusian: абвінава́чаная
Belarusian: абвінава́чваны
Belarusian: абвінава́чваная
Belarusian: падвiно́ўны
Belarusian: падвiно́ўная
Belarusian: адка́зчык
Belarusian: адка́зчыца
Belarusian: падсу́дны
Belarusian: падсу́дная
Belarusian: падсудзі́мы
Belarusian: падсудзі́мая
Bengali: মুদ্দালেহ
Bulgarian: обвиня́ем
Bulgarian: обвиня́ема
Bulgarian: отве́тник
Bulgarian: отве́тничка
Bulgarian: отве́тница
Bulgarian: подсъди́м
Bulgarian: подсъди́ма
Chinese Mandarin: 被告
Czech: obžalovaný
Czech: obžalovaná
Czech: obviněný
Czech: obviněná
Czech: žalovaný
Czech: žalovaná
Danish: indstævnte
Dutch: verdachte
Dutch: verweerder
Esperanto: akuzito
Esperanto: akuzitino
Estonian: kaebealune
Finnish: vastaaja
French: inculpé
French: inculpée
French: défendeur
French: défenderesse
Georgian: მოპასუხე
German: Angeklagter
German: Angeklagte
German: Angeschuldigter
German: Angeschuldigte
German: Beschuldigter
German: Beschuldigte
German: Beklagter
German: Beklagte
Greek: εναγόμενος
Greek: εναγομένη
Greek: κατηγορούμενος
Greek: κατηγορουμένη
Ancient Greek: κατηγορούμενος
Ancient Greek: κατηγορουμένη
Hebrew: נאשם \ נֶאֱשָׁם
Hebrew: נאשמת \ נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת
Hindi: अभियुक्त
Hindi: प्रतिवादी
Hungarian: vádlott
Hungarian: terhelt
Indonesian: tergugat
Interlingua: accusato
Irish: cosantóir
Italian: imputato
Italian: imputata
Italian: accusato
Italian: accusata
Japanese: 被告
Khmer: ចុងចោទ
Korean: 피고
Korean: 피고인
Latin: reus
Macedonian: обвинет
Macedonian: обвинета
Macedonian: оптуженик
Macedonian: оптуженичка
Malayalam: പ്രതി
Māori: kaikaro
Māori: whakatuaki
Norwegian Bokmål: anklagede
Pannonian Rusyn: бранєни
Pannonian Rusyn: бранєна
Persian: خوانده
Polish: oskarżony
Polish: oskarżona
Polish: pozwany
Polish: pozwana
Portuguese: réu
Portuguese: ré
Portuguese: acusado
Portuguese: acusada
Russian: обвиня́емый
Russian: обвиня́емая
Russian: отве́тчик
Russian: отве́тчица
Russian: подсуди́мый
Russian: подсуди́мая
Serbo-Croatian: бра̑њенӣк
Serbo-Croatian: бра̑њеница)
Serbo-Croatian: оптужѐнӣк
Serbo-Croatian: оптужѐница
Serbo-Croatian: brȃnjenīk
Serbo-Croatian: brȃnjenica
Serbo-Croatian: optužènīk
Serbo-Croatian: optužènica
Slovak: žalovaný
Slovak: žalovaná
Slovak: obžalovaný
Slovak: obžalovaná
Slovene: obtoženi
Slovene: obtožena
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