ostracisme

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós, banishment by means of voting with pot shards).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [us.tɾəˈsiz.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [os.tɾəˈsiz.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [os.tɾaˈsiz.me]

Noun

ostracisme m (plural ostracismes)

  1. ostracism

Further reading

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós, banishment by means of voting with pot shards).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔs.tʁa.sism/, /ɔs.tʁa.sizm/
  • (file)

Noun

ostracisme m (plural ostracismes)

  1. ostracism

Further reading

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