slander

• vt.中傷; 誹謗
• n. 中傷、名誉毀損

古フランス語のesclandreから、ラテン語のscandalumから、語源はscandal、スキャンダル、中傷と同じ。遅い文字lが挿入された後、cが習慣的に抜け落ち、綴りはよりslatになる。

slander

slander: [13] Slander and scandal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’. This passed into Old French as escandle, which in due course had its consonants switched round to produce esclandre, source of English slander. Scandal was borrowed from the later French form scandale.
=> scandal

slander (n.)

late 13c., "state of impaired reputation, disgrace or dishonor;" c. 1300, "a false tale; the fabrication and dissemination of false tales," from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French esclandre "scandalous statement," alteration ("with interloping l" [Century Dictionary]) of escandle, escandre "scandal," from Latin scandalum "cause of offense, stumbling block, temptation" (see scandal). From late 14c. as "bad situation, evil action; a person causing such a state of affairs."

slander (v.)

c. 1300, from Anglo-French esclaundrer, Old French esclandrer, from esclandre (see slander (n.)). Related: Slandered; slandering; slanderer.

1. a vicious slander on the company 's good name

その会社の評判の良さへの悪意ある誹謗

2.The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

その文章は一般労働大衆への中傷だ。

3.You ought to kick back at such malicious slander .

このような悪辣な中傷に反撃すべきだ。

4.Alexander got a malignant slander .

アレクサンダーは悪意のある誹謗を受けた。

5.He threatened to go public with the slander .

スキャンダルを広げようと脅した。