boycot

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔi̯.kɔt/
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  • Hyphenation: boy‧cot

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English boycott, originating from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.

Noun

boycot m (plural boycots or boycotten, diminutive boycotje n)

  1. boycott

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

boycot

  1. inflection of boycotten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative