génocide
See also: genocide
French
Etymology
From English genocide.
The term "genocide" was coined in English, by Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959), a Polish-Jewish legal scholar, in 1943, firstly from the Latin gēns (“tribe, clan, race”), or the Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “family, tribe, race”); and Latin -cidium, from occidō (“massacre, kill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒe.nɔ.sid/
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Noun
génocide m (plural génocides)
- genocide
Further reading
- “génocide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- congédie, congédié
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French génocide.
Noun
génocide f (plural génocides)
- (Jersey) genocide
Derived terms
- génocidaithe (“genocidal”)