génocide
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See also: genocide
French
Etymology
The term "genocide" was coined in English, by Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959), a Polish-Jewish legal scholar, in 1943, firstly from the Latin gēns (“tribe, clan, race”), or the Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “family, tribe, race”); and Latin -cidium, from occidō (“massacre, kill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
génocide m (plural génocides)
Further reading
- “génocide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French génocide.
Noun
génocide f (plural génocides)
Derived terms
- génocidaithe (“genocidal”)