hameçonnage

French

Etymology

From hameçonner (“to attract and seduce by a deceptive appearance”) +‎ -age (“-age, -ing, -ment”), with some allusion to English phishing (un hameçon being a fishhook).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.sɔ.naʒ/
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  • Hyphenation: hame‧çon‧nage

Noun

hameçonnage m (plural hameçonnages)

  1. (Internet) phishing; a phishing scam

Further reading

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