trahison
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trahison (uncountable)
- (rare) Treason.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2010, page 270:
- That this trahison would take a partly “multicultural” form was also something that was slowly ceasing to surprise me.
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin traditiōnem. Equivalent to trahir + -on. Doublet of tradition.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /tʁa.i.zɔ̃/
Audio (Nancy, France) (file) Audio (Lausanne, Switzerland) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: trahisons
- Hyphenation: tra‧hi‧son
Noun edit
trahison f (plural trahisons)
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Further reading edit
- “trahison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
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Etymology edit
From Old French traïson.
Noun edit
trahison f (plural trahisons)
Descendants edit
- French: trahison
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Etymology edit
From Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōnem.
Noun edit
trahison f (plural trahisons)