punishment

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EnglishEdit

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/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: pun‧ish‧ment

NounEdit

punishment (countable and uncountable, plural punishments)

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

   a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

SynonymsEdit

• castigation
• punition
• beating

AntonymsEdit

• reward

HyponymsEdit

• retribution

Derived termsEdit

• brute for punishment
• corporal punishment
• mirror punishment

Related termsEdit

• punishable
• punisher
• punishing
• punitive
• impunity

TranslationsEdit

the act of punishing

• Albanian: dënim (sq) m, ndëshkim (sq) m
• Arabic: عُقُوبَة‎‎ f (ʿuqūba), 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 (śaja), দণ্ড (dônḍ)
• 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)
• 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
• 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, f
• Esperanto: puno
• Finnish: rangaistus (fi)
• French: punition (fr) f
• Galician: castigo (gl) m
• Georgian: სასჯელი (sasǯeli)
• German: Bestrafung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹 n (weiti)
• Greek: τιμωρία (el) (timoría), ποινή (el) (poiní)
• 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)
• 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, 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)

See alsoEdit

• telishment

AnagramsEdit

• unshipment