in flagranti
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto; from Latin in + flagrō (“to burn”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
in flagranti
- in flagrante delicto
- 1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America][1]:
- Trotz aller Anstrengungen des Pedells gelang es nie, die Sünder in flagranti zu erwischen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1914 [1900], Sigmund Freud, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams], 4th edition, Leipzig, Wien: Franz Deuticke, page 361:
- Silberer hat, wie an anderer Stelle erwähnt, die Umsetzung von Gedanken in Bilder gleichsam in flagranti erhascht, indem er sich in Zuständen von Müdigkeit und Schlaftrunkenheit zu geistiger Tätigkeit nötigte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto; from Latin in + flagrare (“burn”).
Adverb edit
- in the act of committing a misdeed; red-handed.
- while performing sexual activity.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- flagranti “in flagranti” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto; from Latin in + flagrare (“burn”).
Adverb edit
- in the act of committing a misdeed; red-handed.
- while performing sexual activity.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- flagranti “in flagranti” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin in flagrantī (crīmine comprehēnsī).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
in flagranti (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, literary) in flagrante delicto, in the act, red-handed (in the act of committing a misdeed)
- Synonym: na gorącym uczynku
- (idiomatic, literary) in flagrante delicto (while performing sexual activity)
Further reading edit
- in flagranti in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- in flagranti in Polish dictionaries at PWN