traduce

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traduce

/tɹəˈdjuːs/ UK
/tɹəˈdʒuːs/ UK
/tɹəˈdus/ US
/tɹəˈdjus/ US
/tɹəˈdus/ Canada

Rhymes with -uːs

Where it comes from

From Latin trādūcō (“carry over; lead as a spectacle, dishonor”), from trāns + dūcō (“to lead”). Doublet of transduce, from Latin trānsdūcō.

verb traduces · traducing · traduced

transitive To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. This heauy headed reueale eaſt and weſt / Makes vs traduſt, and taxed of other nations, / They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition […]
Similar: defame, libel, slander, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray
archaic, transitive To pass on (to one's children, future generations etc.); to transmit. However therefore this complexion was first acquired, it is evidently maintained by generation, and by the tincture of the skin as a spermatical part traduced from father unto son […].
Similar: hand down, bequeath, leave
archaic, transitive To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate. From Davenant down to Dumas, from the Englishman who improved Macbaeth to the Frenchman who traduced into the French of Paris four acts of Hamlet, and added a new fifth act of his own, Shakespeare has been disturbed in a way he little thought of when he menacingly provided for the repose of his bone

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verb to malign by making malicious and false or defamatory statements

Español	calumniar, difamar
中文	誹謗 /诽谤 fěibàng, 詆毀 /诋毁 dǐhuǐ
Français	calomnier, diffamer
Deutsch	verleumden
Română	defăima
Русский	клевета́ть klevetátʹ, злословить zloslovitʹ, наговаривать nagovarivatʹ, оговаривать ogovarivatʹ

verb to pass on; to transmit

Español	legar
Русский	передава́ть peredavátʹ

verb to pass into another form of expression

Español	traducir
Português	traduzir
Français	traduire
Italiano	tradurre

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@misc{traduce_2026,
  title = {traduce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/traduce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}