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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto; from Latin in + flagrō (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
in flagranti
- in flagrante delicto
1911, Erwin Rosen [pseudonym; Erwin Carlé], Der Deutsche Lausbub in Amerika [The German prankster in America]:Trotz aller Anstrengungen des Pedells gelang es nie, die Sünder in flagranti zu erwischen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1914 [1900], Sigmund Freud, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams], 4th edition, Leipzig, Wien: Franz Deuticke, page 361:Silberer hat, wie an anderer Stelle erwähnt, die Umsetzung von Gedanken in Bilder gleichsam in flagranti erhascht, indem er sich in Zuständen von Müdigkeit und Schlaftrunkenheit zu geistiger Tätigkeit nötigte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto; from Latin in + flagrare (“burn”).
Adverb
in flagranti
- in the act of committing a misdeed; red-handed.
- while performing sexual activity.
Synonyms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto; from Latin in + flagrare (“burn”).
Adverb
in flagranti
- in the act of committing a misdeed; red-handed.
- while performing sexual activity.
Synonyms
References
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin in flagrantī (crīmine comprehēnsī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin flaˈɡran.ti/
- Syllabification: in fla‧gran‧ti
Adverb
in flagranti (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, literary) in flagrante delicto, in the act, red-handed (in the act of committing a misdeed)
- Synonym: na gorącym uczynku
- (idiomatic, literary) in flagrante delicto (while performing sexual activity)
Further reading
- in flagranti in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- in flagranti in Polish dictionaries at PWN