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Attentat

Betekenis (Engels)

attack; assassination (killing, or attempted killing, for ideological reasons)

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈatənˌtaːt/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed and relatinized from French attentat, from Latin attentātum, attemptātum (“attempt; attempted crime”), derived from attentō, attemptō. May have been reinterpreted as a complex noun, with the second component being Tat (“deed, act, crime”).

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