indecent

See also: indécent

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ decent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdiːsənt/

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Adjective

indecent (comparative more indecent, superlative most indecent)

1. Offensive to good taste.

   Synonyms: distasteful, in bad taste, in poor taste, offensive

2. Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.

   Synonyms: immodest, immoral, improper, unseemly

3. (criminal law) Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.

Derived terms

• indecency
• indecent assault
• indecent exposure
• indecent liberty
• indecently

 

Related terms

• decency

Translations

offensive to good taste

• Azerbaijani: ədəbsiz (az), həyasız, nalayiq, biədəb
• Belarusian: непрысто́йны (njeprystójny)
• Bulgarian: неприли́чен (bg) (neprilíčen), непристо́ен (bg) (nepristóen)
• Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ (nunelvna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不體面 / 不体面 (zh) (bùtǐmiàn)

• Czech: neslušný (cs)
• Danish: uanstændig, usømmelig (da)
• Dutch: onfatsoenlijk (nl), onbetamelijk (nl)
• Finnish: törkeä (fi), sopimaton (fi)
• French: indécent (fr)
• German: unanständig (de)
• Latin: indecēns
• Macedonian: непри́стоен (neprístoen)
• Maori: mōtekoteko
• Middle English: dishoneste
• Polish: nieprzyzwoity (pl)
• Portuguese: indecente (pt)
• Romanian: indecent (ro)
• Russian: неприли́чный (ru) (neprilíčnyj), непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj)
• Scots: roch
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: непристојан, неукусан

  Roman: nepristojan (sh), neukusan (sh)

• Slovak: neslušný
• Slovene: nespodoben
• Ukrainian: непристо́йний (neprystójnyj)
• Welsh: anweddus (cy), aflednais (cy)

not in keeping with conventional moral values

• Bulgarian: неподоба́ващ (bg) (nepodobávašt)
• Catalan: indecent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非禮 / 非礼 (zh) (fēilǐ)

• Danish: uanstændig, usømmelig (da)
• Finnish: säädytön (fi), sopimaton (fi)
• French: indécent (fr)
• German: unanständig (de), unkonventionell (de), unschicklich (de)
• Hebrew: מְגֻנֶּה (he) m (meguné)
• Japanese: いやらしい (ja) (iyarashii)
• Latin: indecēns
• Macedonian: недо́личен (nedóličen), непри́личен (nepríličen)
• Maori: mōtekoteko
• Polish: nieobyczajny, nieprzyzwoity (pl)
• Portuguese: indecente (pt)
• Russian: неприли́чный (ru) (neprilíčnyj), неподоба́ющий (ru) (nepodobájuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: nedoličan (sh), nepriličan (sh)
• Turkish: edepsiz (tr), yakışıksız (tr), hayasız

Anagrams

• incented

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French indécent, from Latin indecēns. Equivalent to in- +‎ decent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.deˈt͡ʃent/

Adjective

indecent m or n (feminine singular indecentă, masculine plural indecenți, feminine and neuter plural indecente)

1. indecent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	indecent		indecentă		indecenți	indecente
	definite	indecentul		indecenta		indecenții	indecentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	indecent		indecente		indecenți	indecente
	definite	indecentului		indecentei		indecenților	indecentelor

Related terms

• indecență

Further reading

• indecent in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)