Attentat

Significat (anglès)

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

Gènere

Neutre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈatənˌtaːt/

Etimologia (anglès)

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”).

Sents

Das Attentat war stümperhaft geplant .

The assassination was clumsily planned.