Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland) · the World War II concentration camp located nearby
eş: Oświęcim
köken: Phonetic adaptation of Polish Oświęcim.
Holocaust
çekim: çoğul holocaustes
sacrifice (religious) · genocide · holocaust
çekim: çoğul olocausti
eş: immolazione, offerta, sacrificio, carneficina, eccidio, martirio
köken: From Latin holocaustum.
holocaust, genocide · holocaust (complete burnt offering)
çekim: çoğul holocausten
eş: brandoffer, offer
köken: From Middle Dutch holocaust, from Latin holocaustum, from the neuter of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos). The shift to masculine was influenced by Middle French holocauste. The meaning “genocide” derives from English holocaust.
aile: Holocaustherdenking, Holocaustmonument, Holocaustontkenner, Holocaustontkenning, Holocaustoverlevende
holocaust (among the ancient Hebrews, a sacrifice in which the victim was completely consumed by fire) · holocaust (victim offered in this sacrifice) · massacre, slaughter (killing of a large number of human beings)
çekim: çoğul holocaustos
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese holocausto, a learned borrowing from Latin holocaustum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston), from ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”).
burnt offering · sacrifice · genocide, extermination
çekim: çoğul ολοκαυτώματα · tamlayan ολοκαυτώματος
köken: From Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah
köken: From English Holocaust.
the Holocaust (the mass murder of Jews and other groups by the Nazi regime during World War II)
köken: From the definite of förintelse (“destruction, annihilation”). Literally the destruction ("of Jews" is implied). Cognate with German Vernichtung, a word used in Hitler's prophecy from the 30 January 1939 Reichstag speech. In 1963 the first Swedish translation of the book The Destruction of the European Jews was given the title Hur de europeiska judarna förintades. The word was then chosen as the…
burnt offering, holocaust (slaughtered animal burnt on an altar)
çekim: çoğul całopalenia · tamlayan całopalenia
eş: holocaust, holokaust, ofiara całopalna
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Balto-Slavic *káilas Proto-Slavic *cě̑lъ Old Polish cały Polish cały Proto-Slavic *-o- Old Polish -o- Polish -o- Polish palenie ▲ Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos)calq. Polish całopalenie From cały + -o- + palenie. Calque of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).
aile: całopalny
holocaust · The Holocaust
çekim: çoğul holokaustit · tamlayan holokaustin
köken: Internationalism (see English holocaust), ultimately from Late Latin holocaustum.
holocaust (the state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group)
çekim: çoğul holocausty · tamlayan holocaustu
eş: šoa
holocaust
çekim: çoğul holocausturi · tamlayan holocaustului
köken: Borrowed from French holocauste.
holocaust (offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes)
çekim: çoğul égőáldozatok
köken: égő (“burning”) + áldozat (“sacrifice”)
The Holocaust, Shoah
köken: Form of the noun שׁוֹאָה (sho'a, “holocaust, disaster”) with the definite article prefix הַ־ (“the”).