delict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪkt/, /ˈdiːlɪkt/

Noun

delict (plural delicts)

  1. (civil law, Scottish law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. [from the early 16th c.]
  2. (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dəˈlɪkt/, /deːˈlɪkt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧lict
  • Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

delict n (plural delicten, diminutive delictje n)

  1. crime, wrong

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum.

Noun

delict n (plural delicte)

  1. crime

Declension
declension of delict
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) delict delictul (niște) delicte delictele
genitive/dative (unui) delict delictului (unor) delicte delictelor
vocative delictule delictelor

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