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Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /ʃenoˈθidjo/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /ʃenoˈsidjo/
- Rhymes: -idjo
- Hyphenation: ge‧no‧cí‧di‧o
Noun
genocídio m (plural genocídios, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xenocidio
Further reading
- “genocídio” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1943. From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) or Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”) + -cídio (“kill”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.noˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʒe.noˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.noˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʒe.noˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.noˈsi.d͡ʒi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʒe.noˈsi.d͡ʒjo/
- Hyphenation: ge‧no‧cí‧di‧o
Noun
genocídio m (plural genocídios)
- genocide (systematic killing of substantial numbers of people)
- Synonyms: extermínio, erradicação
- a great slaughter; carnage; massacre
- Synonyms: massacre, carnificina, extermínio, chacina, matança
Further reading
- “genocídio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “genocídio”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “genocídio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “genocídio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “genocídio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024