omerta

See also: omertà

English

Noun

omerta (countable and uncountable, plural omertas)

  1. Alternative spelling of omertà
    • 2009 February 7, Mark Lawson, “We're all in public now”, in The Guardian:
      But although her agent has invoked that tradition of post-show omerta in her defence, the truth is that few would trust these days to what it is now possibly risky to call Chinese walls.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian omertà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈomɛrta]
  • Hyphenation: omer‧ta

Noun

omerta f

  1. omertà

Declension

Further reading

  • omerta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • omerta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian omertà, from a Southern dialectal rhotacist variant of umiltà (humility), from Latin humilitās, from humilis (humble), from humus (ground, soil).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

omerta f (plural omertas, diminutive omertaatje n)

  1. (crime) omertà, (extensively) wall of silence, code of silence

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

omerta f (plural omertas)

  1. (crime) omertà
  2. any code of silence
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