"reprisal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reprisal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: reprisals [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪzəl Etymology: From Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|reprisaille}} Anglo-Norman reprisaille, {{m|fr|représaille}} représaille, {{uder|en|roa-oit|ripresaglia}} Old Italian ripresaglia, {{m|it|rappresaglia}} rappresaglia, {{m|it|ripreso}} ripreso, {{m|it|riprendere||to take back}} riprendere (“to take back”), {{uder|en|la|reprendere}} Latin reprendere, {{m|la|reprehendere}} reprehendere Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reprisal (countable and uncountable, plural reprisals)
  1. An act of retaliation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (retaliation): распра́ва (raspráva) [feminine] (Belarusian), odplata [feminine] (Czech), represe [feminine] (Czech), represálie [feminine] (Czech), odveta [feminine] (Czech), kosto (Finnish), kostoisku (Finnish), représailles [feminine, plural] (French), Vergeltungsmaßnahme [feminine] (German), Repressalie [feminine] (German), Vergeltungsschlag [masculine] (German), Vergeltungsakt [masculine] (German), megtorlás (Hungarian), díoltas [masculine] (Irish), ritorsione (Italian), 報復 (hōfuku) (alt: ほうふく) (Japanese), 보복 (bobok) (alt: 報復) (Korean), ngakinga (Maori), represalie [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), represalie [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), merche [feminine] (Old French), распра́ва (raspráva) [feminine] (Russian), отве́тная ме́ра (otvétnaja méra) [feminine] (Russian), dìoghaltas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), aicheamhail [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), represalia [feminine] (Spanish), misilleme (Turkish), розпра́ва (rozpráva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-reprisal-en-noun-gQQ03wg1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of 'retaliation': 46 35 19
  2. (archaic) Something taken from an enemy in retaliation. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reprisal-en-noun-RckdcP5c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 34 32
  3. (archaic) The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reprisal-en-noun-05j5k5kz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 35 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 34 32

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "retaliation",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vergeltungsakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "word": "megtorlás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "díoltas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "word": "ritorsione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほうふく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōfuku",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "word": "報復"
    },
    {
      "alt": "報復",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bobok",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "word": "보복"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "word": "ngakinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "represalie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "represalie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspráva",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "распра́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvétnaja méra",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отве́тная ме́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dìoghaltas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aicheamhail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "represalia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "word": "misilleme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozpráva",
      "sense": "retaliation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "розпра́ва"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reprisal"
}

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