holocauste
See also: Holocauste
French
Etymology
From Middle French holocauste, from Old French olocauste, learned borrowing from Late Latin holocaustum, from the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.lɔ.kost/
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Noun
holocauste m (plural holocaustes)
- holocaust
Further reading
- “holocauste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.