holocauste

Inherited from Middle French holocauste, from Old French olocauste, learned borrowing from Late Latin holocaustum, from the neuter form of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.lɔ.kost/

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holocauste m (plural holocaustes)

1. holocaust

• “holocauste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.