ostracisme

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

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

ostracisme m (plural ostracismes)

1. ostracism

• “ostracisme”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔs.tʁa.sism/ ~ /ɔs.tʁa.sizm/

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ostracisme m (plural ostracismes)

1. ostracism

• ostraciser

• “ostracisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.