"delinquent" meaning in English

See delinquent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-delinquent.ogg Forms: more delinquent [comparative], most delinquent [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leykʷ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|délinquant}} Middle French délinquant, {{der|en|la|delinquens}} Latin delinquens Head templates: {{en-adj}} delinquent (comparative more delinquent, superlative most delinquent)
  1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. Synonyms (late or failing to pay a debt): defaulting Translations (late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation): i restance (Danish), bagud med betaling (Danish), in gebreke blijvend (Dutch), säumig (German), rückständig (German), întârziat (Romanian), neachitat (Romanian), neplătit (Romanian), уклоня́ющийся от упла́ты (uklonjájuščijsja ot upláty) (Russian), moroso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delinquent-en-adj-Wpa9GmbT Disambiguation of 'late or failing to pay a debt': 89 11 Disambiguation of 'late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation': 84 16
  2. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense Translations (Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation): delikventní (Czech), pligtforsømmende (Danish), straffällig (english: guilty of an offense) (German), pflichtvernachlässigend (english: neglectful of a duty) (German), pflichtversäumend (english: failing in a duty) (German), פושעני (Hebrew), חורג (Hebrew), חורג מהחוק (Hebrew), פורע־חוק (Hebrew), خلاف (xalâf) (Persian), delincuente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-delinquent-en-adj-JiN9JAJ2 Disambiguation of 'Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: delinquency, delinquently, nondelinquent, predelinquent, juvenile delinquent, moral delinquent

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-delinquent.ogg Forms: delinquents [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leykʷ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|délinquant}} Middle French délinquant, {{der|en|la|delinquens}} Latin delinquens Head templates: {{en-noun}} delinquent (plural delinquents)
  1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes. Translations (one who breaks the law): нарушител (narušitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), виновник (vinovnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), delinqüent (Catalan), 犯法者 (fànfǎzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), rikollinen (Finnish), délinquant [masculine] (French), Delinquent (German), Krimineller [masculine] (German), Straffälliger [masculine] (German), παραβατικός (paravatikós) [masculine] (Greek), פורע־חוק [masculine] (Hebrew), anak nakal (Indonesian), delinquente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 非行者 (hikōsha) (alt: ひこうしゃ) (Japanese), 下手人 (geshunin) (alt: げしゅにん) (Japanese), خلافکار (xalâfkâr) (Persian), متخلف (motexallef) (Persian), خاطی (xâti) (Persian), delikwent [masculine] (Polish), delinquente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), delincvent [masculine] (Romanian), правонаруши́тель (pravonarušítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), правонаруши́тельница (pravonarušítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), delincuente (Spanish), pishtaco (english: violent) [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), dalinsil (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-delinquent-en-noun-bGS0AU8F Disambiguation of 'one who breaks the law': 57 33 11
  2. A person who has not paid their debts.
    Sense id: en-delinquent-en-noun-nB9R0iz5
  3. (historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646). Tags: derogatory, historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-delinquent-en-noun-iW3m0UTo Disambiguation of People: 0 19 14 14 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 10 11 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 11 12 12 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 11 10 11 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 11 10 11 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 13 10 10 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 14 8 9 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 11 9 21 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 11 8 9 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 10 12 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 13 9 10 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 10 12 11 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 11 11 11 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 10 12 11 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 5 12 9 9 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 4 11 10 24 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 10 11 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 10 11 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 11 8 9 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 4 11 10 23 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 13 10 10 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 12 9 21 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 13 10 10 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 10 11 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 10 11 11 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 5 13 9 9 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cavalier

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.