holokaust

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Czech

Noun

holokaust m inan

  1. Alternative spelling of holocaust

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).

Pronunciation

Noun

holokaust m inan

  1. (biblical, historical, literary, religion) Alternative spelling of holocaust
    Synonym: całopalenie

Declension

noun

Further reading

  • holokaust in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • holokaust in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xolokǎust/
  • Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧ka‧ust

Noun

holokàust m (Cyrillic spelling холока̀уст)

  1. holocaust

Declension

References

  • holokaust”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024