holocauste

Betekenis (Engels)

holocaust

Concepten

brandoffer

holocaust

Synoniemen

génocide

Vertalingen

holocaust

holocausto

olocausto

ολοκαύτωμα

holocausto

Brandopfer

holocaust

Holocaust

holocaustum

burnt offering

Holocaust

Holokaustum

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɔ.lɔ.kost/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelfrans: holocauste

Overgenomen van Oudfrans: olocauste

In summary

Inherited from Middle French holocauste, from Old French olocauste, learned borrowing from Late Latin holocaustum, from the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).