trahison
English
Noun
trahison (uncountable)
- (rare) Treason.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2010, p. 270:
- That this trahison would take a partly “multicultural” form was also something that was slowly ceasing to surprise me.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2010, p. 270:
French
Etymology
From Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin traditio, traditionem. Equivalent to trahir + -on. Doublet of tradition.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁa.i.zɔ̃/
- Homophone: trahisons
- Hyphenation: tra‧hi‧son
Derived terms
Further reading
- “trahison” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French traïson.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōnem.
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