collaboratie
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French collaboration. The word became the primary label for collaboration with the Nazis during the Second World War and has been extremely pejorative ever since.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.laː.boːˈraː.(t)si/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: col‧la‧bo‧ra‧tie
- Rhymes: -aːtsi
Noun
collaboratie f (uncountable)
- (derogatory) Collaboration with the Nazis, fascists or another enemy; treason, traitorous collaboration. [from WW II]
- (dated) Collaboration, co-operation. [19th c.–early 1940s]
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Descendants
- → Indonesian: kolaborasi
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