punishment

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punishment

EtymologyEdit

From the Anglo-Norman punisceement, punisement, punishement, punissement, punisshement and the Middle French punissement, from the Old French pugnissement, from puniss- (the long stem (see the French -iss-) of punir (“to punish”)) + -ment (synchronically punish +‎ -ment). Compare the English nouns punishing and punition.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/
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Hyphenation: pun‧ish‧ment

NounEdit

punishment (countable and uncountable, plural punishments)

The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
(figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling
a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

SynonymsEdit

AntonymsEdit

reward

HyponymsEdit

retribution

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

the act of punishing

Albanian: dënim (sq) m, ndëshkim (sq) m
Arabic: عِقَاب‎ (ar) m (ʿiqāb), مُجَازَاة‎ f (mujāzāh), مُعَاقَبَة‎ f (muʿāqaba)
Armenian: պատիժ (hy) (patiž), պատժում (hy) (patžum)
Old Armenian: պատիժ (patiž), պատուհաս (patuhas)
Asturian: castigu m
Azerbaijani: cəza (az)
Belarusian: пакара́нне n (pakaránnje), ка́ра f (kára)
Bengali: সাজা (saja), দণ্ড (dôṇḍ)
Bulgarian: наказа́ние (bg) n (nakazánie)
Burmese: ဒဏ် (my) (dan), အပြစ် (my) (a.prac)
Catalan: punició f, puniment m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 懲罰 (zh), 惩罚 (zh) (chéngfá)
Cornish: kessydhyans
Czech: trest (cs) m
Danish: straf
Dutch: bestraffing (nl) f, straf (nl) f
Esperanto: puno
Estonian: karistus (et)
Finnish: rankaiseminen, rangaistus (fi)
French: punition (fr) f
Galician: castigo (gl) m, punición (gl) f
Georgian: დასჯა (dasǯa)
German: Strafe (de) f, Bestrafung (de) f
Greek: τιμωρία (el) (timoría)
Ancient: τιμωρία f (timōría)
Hebrew: עונש \ עֹנֶשׁ‎ (he) m ('ónesh), עֲנִישָׁה‎ (he) f
Hindi: सज़ा f (sazā), दण्ड (hi) m (daṇḍ)
Hungarian: büntetés (hu)
Icelandic: refsing (is) f
Indonesian: hukuman (id)
Italian: punizione (it) f, pena (it) f, castigo (it) m
Japanese: 罰 (ja) (ばつ, batsu), 懲罰 (ja) (ちょうばつ, chōbatsu), 処罰 (ja) (しょばつ, shobatsu)
Kazakh: жаза (kk) (jaza)
Khmer: ទណ្ឌ (km) (toan), ទណ្ឌកម្ម (km) (toandea’kam), ទណ្ឌកិច្ច (toandea’kəc)
Korean: 처벌 (ko) (cheobeol), 벌 (ko) (beol)
Kurdish: ceza (ku)
Kyrgyz: жаза (ky) (caza)

Lao: ໂທດ (thōt), ທັນ (than)
Latin: supplicium n, poena f
Latvian: sods m, sodīšana f
Lithuanian: bausmė f
Luxembourgish: Strof (lb) f
Macedonian: ка́зна f (kázna), казну́вање n (kaznúvanje)
Malay: hukuman
Mongolian: шийтгэл (mn) (šijtgel)
Norman: peunnition f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: straff (no) m
Pashto: جزاء‎ f (ǰazã), ايداد‎ m (idád), مجازات‎ m pl (maǰāzãt)
Persian: مجازات‎ (fa) (mojâzât), جزا‎ (fa) (jazâ)
Polish: karanie (pl) n
Portuguese: punição (pt) f
Quechua: wanay
Romanian: pedepsire (ro) f, pedeapsă (ro) f
Russian: наказа́ние (ru) n (nakazánije), ка́ра (ru) f (kára)
Sanskrit: दण्ड (sa) m (daṇḍa)
Scottish Gaelic: peanasachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏зна f

Roman: kȁzna (sh) f
Slovak: trest m
Slovene: kazen (sl) n
Spanish: castigo (es) m
Swedish: straff (sv) n
Tajik: ҷазо (jazo), сазо (sazo), муҷозот (mujozot)
Thai: โทษ (th) (tôot), ทัณฑ์ (tan)
Turkish: ceza (tr)
Turkmen: jeza (tk)
Ukrainian: покара́ння n (pokaránnja), ка́ра f (kára)
Urdu: سزا‎ f (sazā), دنڈ‎ m (danḍ)
Uyghur: جازا‎ (jaza)
Uzbek: jazo (uz)
Vietnamese: hình phạt (vi), trừng trị (vi), sự phạt (vi)
Yiddish: שטראָף‎ (shtrof)
Zazaki: ceza

penalty for wrongdoing

Arabic: عُقُوبَة‎ f (ʿuqūba), عِقَاب‎ (ar) m (ʿiqāb)
Armenian: պատիժ (hy) (patiž)
Old Armenian: պատիժ (patiž), պատուհաս (patuhas)
Asturian: castigu m
Catalan: càstig (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刑罰 (zh), 刑罚 (zh) (xíngfá)
Czech: trest (cs) m
Danish: straf c
Dutch: straf (nl) m or f
Esperanto: puno
Finnish: rangaistus (fi)
French: punition (fr) f
Galician: castigo (gl) m
Georgian: სასჯელი (sasǯeli)
German: Bestrafung (de) f
Greek: τιμωρία (el) (timoría), ποινή (el) (poiní)
Ancient: τιμωρία f (timōría)
Hindi: दण्ड (hi) m (daṇḍ), सज़ा f (sazā)

Hungarian: büntetés (hu)
Irish: pionós (ga) m
Japanese: 罰 (ja) (ばつ, batsu), 刑罰 (ja) (けいばつ, keibatsu), 処罰 (ja) (しょばつ, shobatsu)
Latin: pūnītiō f
Latvian: sods m
Luxembourgish: Strof (lb) f, Bestrofung f
Macedonian: казна f (kazna)
Malay: azab
Norman: peunnition f
Polish: kara (pl) f
Portuguese: castigo (pt) m, punição (pt) f
Romanian: pedeapsă (ro) f
Russian: наказа́ние (ru) n (nakazánije)
Scottish Gaelic: peanas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏зна f

Roman: kȁzna (sh) f
Spanish: castigo (es) m
Swedish: straff (sv) n

suffering imposed as retribution

Catalan: punició f, puniment m
Dutch: afstraffing (nl) f, boetedoening (nl) f, vergelding (nl) f, boete (nl) m or f
French: punition (fr) f, châtiment (fr) m
Macedonian: казна f (kazna)
Malay: azab

Ngazidja Comorian: âdhaɓu class 9/10 (âdhabu)
Norman: peunnition f
Romanian: penalizare (ro), pedeapsă punitivă f
Scottish Gaelic: peanas m
Spanish: penitencia (es) f

harsh treatment or experience

Armenian: պատիժ (hy) (patiž), պատուհաս (hy) (patuhas)
Catalan: punició f, puniment m
Dutch: afstraffing (nl) f, beproeving (nl) f, vergelding (nl) f

French: punition (fr) f
Norman: peunnition f
Polish: wycisk m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ענישה‎ (he) f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} punizione (it) f
Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} ceza (ku) m, ^{(please verify)} siza (ku) m
Latin: ^{(please verify)} punitio f
Old English: ^{(please verify)} wīte n

Persian: ^{(please verify)} تنبیه‎ (fa) (tanbih)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pedeapsă (ro) f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} castigo (es) m, ^{(please verify)} penitencia (es) f
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} శిక్ష (te) (śikṣa), ^{(please verify)} దండన (te) (daṇḍana)

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