vandal

== English == === Etymology === 1660s, “willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable”, from Vandal, referring to a member of an ancient Germanic people, the Vandals, who are associated with senseless destruction as a result of their sack of Rome under King Genseric in 455. During the Enlightenment, Rome was idealized, while the Goths and Vandals were blamed for its destruction. The Vandals may not have been any more destructive than other invaders of ancient times, but they did inspire English poet John Dryden to write, Till Goths, and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless Monuments deface (1694). However, the Vandals did intentionally damage statues, which may be why their name is associated with the vandalism of art. The coining of French Vandalisme by Henri Grégoire in 1794 to describe the destruction of artwork following the French Revolution popularized the idea further, and the term was quickly adopted across Europe, including as English vandalism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvændəl/ Rhymes: -ændəl === Noun === vandal (plural vandals) A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property. ==== Synonyms ==== destroyer ruiner wrecker vandalizer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Czech == === Noun === vandal m anim vandal (person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages other people's property) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “vandal”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “vandal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin vandali (plural). Compare Old Danish wændil, Danish: Vendelbo (“person from the northernmost region of Jutland”) === Noun === vandal c (singular definite vandalen, plural indefinite vandaler) vandal a Vandal (member of ancient east Germanic tribe) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== vandalisme vandalisere === References === “vandal” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin vandali (plural). === Noun === vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandaler, definite plural vandalene) (modern-day) a vandal (historical) a Vandal ==== Derived terms ==== vandalsk === References === “vandal” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin vandali (plural). === Noun === vandal m (definite singular vandalen, indefinite plural vandalar, definite plural vandalane) (modern-day) a vandal (historical) a Vandal ==== Derived terms ==== vandalsk === References === “vandal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vandale. === Noun === vandal m (plural vandali) vandal Vandal ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === vandal c a vandal a Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== huligan (“hooligan”) ligist === References === “vandal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “vandal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “vandal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)