altruisme
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French altruisme.
Pronunciation
Noun
altruisme m (uncountable)
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Further reading
- “altruisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Coined by Auguste Comte in 1830, from autrui + -isme. From Old French, from Latin alteri, dative of alter (“other”). Apparently inspired by French Latin legal phrase l’autrui, from le bien, le droit d’autrui (“the good, the right of the other”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.tʁɥism/ ~ /al.tʁɥizm/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Rhymes: -ism, -izm
- Homophone: altruismes
- Hyphenation: al‧tru‧isme, al‧truisme
Noun
altruisme m (plural altruismes)
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Descendants
- → Dutch: altruïsme
- → Indonesian: altruismê
- → English: altruism
- → German: Altruismus
- → Russian: альтруизм (alʹtruizm)
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “altruisme”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “altruisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
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Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, affixed altruis + -isme, borrowed from Dutch altruïsme, from French altruisme.
Pronunciation
Noun
altruismê (uncountable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “altruisme” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.