"malediction" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-malediction.wav Forms: maledictions [plural]
Etymology: From late Middle English malediccion, from Middle French malédiction, from Latin maledictiō (“curse”) from malus (“evil”) + dictiō (“speech”) noun of action from perfect passive participle dictus (“spoken”), from verb dīcō (“speak”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|malediccion}} Middle English malediccion, {{der|en|frm|malédiction}} Middle French malédiction, {{der|en|la|maledictiō|t=curse}} Latin maledictiō (“curse”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} malediction (countable and uncountable, plural maledictions)
  1. A curse. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-malediction-en-noun-JxRK-pZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50
  2. Evil speech. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (evil speech): malédiction [feminine] (French), לשון הרע (lashon hara) (Hebrew), maledictiō [feminine] (Latin), ру́гань (rúganʹ) [feminine] (Russian), злосло́вие (zloslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), скверносло́вие (skvernoslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), поноше́ние (defamation) [neuter] (Russian), проклетство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), prokletstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), maldición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-malediction-en-noun-1xR3~Edd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'evil speech': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: maledictive, maledictory

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