# complaint
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəmˈpleɪnt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪnt

### Noun

complaint (countable and uncountable, plural complaints)
* The act of complaining.
** 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54:Complaints have risen in particular from passengers changing trains, who have observed little or no improvement in their ability to navigate between the station's 13 platforms.
* A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
    I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.
* (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based; The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
* (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate. However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
* A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
    Don't come too close; I've got this nasty complaint.

#### Synonyms

* (in criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer) criminal complaint, complaint of an offence/offense, (penal) charge, (criminal) charges, criminal information, informing the police/authorities, notification of the police/authorities, reporting an offence/offense to the police/authorities

#### Derived terms

* bill of complaint
* complaintful
* complaintive
* countercomplaint
* cross-complaint
* noncomplaint
* summer complaint
* super-complaint

#### Translations

Albanian: ankim (sq) m, ankesë (sq) f
Arabic: شِكَايَة f (šikāya), شَكْوَى m (šakwā)
Egyptian Arabic: شكاية f (šikāya)
Armenian: գանգատ (hy) (gangat), բողոք (hy) (boġokʻ)
Aromanian: plãgu m
Asturian: quexa f
Avar: гӏарз (ʻarz)
Azerbaijani: şikayət (az)
Basque: auhen (eu)
Belarusian: ска́рга f (skárha), жа́льба f (žálʹba)
Bengali: অভিযোগ (bn) (obhijōg)
Bulgarian: опла́кване (bg) n (oplákvane), недово́лство (bg) n (nedovólstvo), жа́лба (bg) f (žálba)
Catalan: queixa (ca) f, plany (ca), lament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 怨言 (zh) (yuànyán), 抱怨 (zh) (bàoyuàn)
Czech: stížnost (cs) f
Danish: klage (da) c
Dutch: klacht (nl) m, beklag (nl) n, grieven (nl) pl
Egyptian: (nḫwt f)
Esperanto: plendo
Estonian: kaebus
Finnish: valitus (fi); valittaminen (fi) (act)
French: plainte (fr) f, réclamation (fr) f
Galician: queixa f, protesta (gl) f
Georgian: საჩივარი (sačivari)
German: Klage (de) f, Anzeige (de) f, Monierung f, Reklamation (de) f, Beanstandung (de) f, Beschwerde (de) f
Greek: παράπονο (el) n (parápono)
Ancient: μομφή f (momphḗ)
Hebrew: תְּלוּנָה f (t'luná)
Hindi: उलहना (hi) m (ulahnā), शिकायत (hi) f (śikāyat), उलाहना (hi) (ulāhnā)
Hungarian: panasz (hu), panaszkodás (hu), panaszolás, reklamáció (hu), kifogás (hu)
Irish: gearán (ga) m, casaoid f, clamhsán m
Italian: reclamo (it) m, lamentela (it) f, rimostranza (it) f
Japanese: 不平 (ja) (ふへい, fuhei), 不満 (ja) (ふまん, fuman), 文句 (ja) (もんく, monku)
Kazakh: шағым (şağym), наразылық (narazylyq)
Korean: 불평(不平) (ko) (bulpyeong), 불만(不滿) (ko) (bulman), (government) 민원(民願) (ko) (minwon)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گلەیی (ckb) (gleyî)
Northern Kurdish: gazin (ku) f, gilî (ku) f, rexne (ku) f, şikayet (ku) f
Kyrgyz: даттануу (ky) (dattanuu), дат (ky) (dat)
Latin: querēla f, questus m
Latvian: sūdzība f
Lithuanian: skundas m
Macedonian: жалба f (žalba)
Malay: rungutan
Malayalam: പരാതി (ml) (parāti)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: гомдол (mn) (gomdol)
Mongolian: ᠭᠣᠮᠤᠳᠠᠯ (ɣomudal)
Norman: pliainte f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klage (no) m or f, innvending m or f
Occitan: planh (oc) m
Old English: inca m, ceorung f, cwīþung f
Pashto: شکايت (ps) m (šekāyát)
Pennsylvania German: Glaag f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: شِکایَت (fa) (šekâyat), گِلِه (fa) (gele), شِکْوِه (fa) (šekve)
Plautdietsch: Klacht f, Kloag f
Polish: skarga (pl) f, zażalenie (pl) n
Portuguese: queixa (pt) f, reclamação (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਉਲਾਹਮਾ (pa) m (ulāhmā) (Standard Punjabi), ਲਾਹਮਾ m (lāhmā) (colloquial)
Shahmukhi: اُلَاہْما m (ulāhmā) (Standard Punjabi), لَان٘بھا m (lāṉbhā) (chiefly Pakistan, colloquial), لَاہْما m (lāhmā) (colloquial, uncommon)
Romanian: plângere (ro) f, nemulțumire (ro) f, reclamație (ro) f
Russian: жа́лоба (ru) f (žáloba), недово́льство (ru) n (nedovólʹstvo), нарека́ние (ru) n (narekánije)
Scottish Gaelic: coire f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жа̀лба f
Roman: žàlba (sh) f
Slovak: sťažnosť f
Slovene: pritožba f, tožba f
Spanish: queja (es) f
Swedish: klagomål (sv) n, klagan (sv) c
Tagalog: reklamo
Tajik: шикоят (šikoyat), шиква (šikva)
Tatar: шикаять (tt) (şikayat’)
Telugu: ఫిర్యాదు (te) (phiryādu)
Thai: ร้องเรียน (th) (rɔ́ɔng-riian)
Turkish: şikayet (tr)
Turkmen: şikaýat
Ukrainian: ска́рга f (skárha), жа́лоба f (žáloba)
Urdu: شِکَایَت f (śikāyat), شِکْوَہ f (śikva)
Uyghur: شىكايەت (shikayet)
Uzbek: shikoyat (uz)
Vietnamese: phàn nàn (vi)
Welsh: achwyn (cy) m :
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### Anagrams

* coimplant, compliant