English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'d�r�lɪkt/
SAMPA|/dEr@lIkt/

Etymology
Latin derelictus past participle of derelinquere 'forsake, abandon' from de + relinquere 'leave, forsake'.

Adjective
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1. Abandoned, forsaken; (of ship) abandoned at sea; dilapidated, neglected.

#: There was a derelict ship on the island.

1. Negligent in performing a duty.

Synonyms
abandoned
abandoned

Translations
trans-top|abandoned
Finnish: hylätty
French: abandonné, délaissé; (tombé) en ruines
Irish: tréigthe, fágtha béal in airde
Italian: abbandonato
trans-mid
Portuguese: abandonado, derelito (Brazil), derrelito (Brazil), derrelicto (Portugal)
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trans-top|negligent
French: négligent
Irish: faillitheach, faillíoch
Italian: negligente, trascurato
trans-mid
Portuguese: negligente
trans-bottom

Noun
en-noun

1. Abandoned property; a ship abandoned at sea.
2. An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.

#:*1911: A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange chance, the last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet. � Arthur Conan Doyle, �The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax� (Norton 2005, p.1364)

1. A negligent person.

Translations

trans-top|abandoned property
Italian: oggetto abbandonato, rifiuto
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trans-top|abandoned ship
French: épave, navire abandonné (en mer)
German: aufgegeben-ein verlassenes schiff
Irish: long thréigthe
Italian: relitto
trans-mid
Portuguese: derelito (Brazil), derrelito (Brazil)
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trans-top|outcast
French: épave (humaine)
Irish: díbeartach, éan scoite
Italian: derelitto, relitto della società
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trans-bottom

trans-top|negligent person
Irish: faillitheoir
Italian: persona negligente
Portuguese: pessoa negligente
trans-mid
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