trahison
English
editEtymology
editNoun
edittrahison (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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editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited 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): (file) Audio (Switzerland, Lausanne): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: trahisons
- Hyphenation: tra‧hi‧son
Noun
edittrahison f (plural trahisons)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “trahison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French traïson.
Noun
edittrahison f (plural trahisons)
Descendants
edit- French: trahison
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōnem.
Noun
edittrahison f (plural trahisons)
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