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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔi̯.kɔt/
- 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)
- boycott
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
boycot
- inflection of boycotten:
- first/second/third-person singular present indicative
- imperative