English
Etymology
From Old Northern French escandle, from ecclesiastical Latin scandalum, from Ancient Greek �κάνδαλον.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�skænd�l/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænd�l|-ænd�l

Noun
en-noun

1. theology Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
2. theology Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
3. Damage to personal reputation.

#:The incident brought considerable scandal to his family.

1. An incident or event that brings disgrace, or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

#:Their affair was reported as a scandal by most tabloids.

1. Moral outrage; offence to decency.

#:When their behaviour was made public it caused a great scandal.

1. Defamatory talk; gossip.

#:According to village scandal, they weren't even married.

Translations
trans-top|incident that brings disgrace
Croatian: t-|hr|skandal|m
Danish: skandale
Finnish: skandaali
German: t+|de|Skandal
trans-mid
Hungarian: botrány
Italian: t+|it|scandalo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|skandal|c
trans-bottom

Derived terms
top2
scandalize
scandalmonger
scandal of particularity
mid2
scandalous
scandal sheet

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ru:scandal
fi:scandal
te:scandal
vi:scandal
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• 2007-11-28 17:18 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for de, it, sv

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