conspiration
English
Etymology
From Middle English conspiracioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman; or from Middle French conspiration, from Latin conspiratio, conspirationem. Doublet of conspiracy.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
conspiration (countable and uncountable, plural conspirations)
- Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose
- A plot between two or more people against somebody's wishes; conspiracy.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnspīrātiō, cōnspīrātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.pi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
conspiration f (plural conspirations)
- conspiracy (act of working in secret to obtain some goal)
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Further reading
- “conspiration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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