ostracize

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒstɹəsaɪz/
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• /ˈɑstɹəˌsaɪz/ General American, Atlantic Canadian
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈɒstɹəˌsaɪz/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈɔstɹəsɑez/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɒstɹəsaɪz/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈɔ̟stɹəsɑe̯z]
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• CMU ARPABET: AO1 S T R AH0 S AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Ancient Greek ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō, “to banish from a city by ostracism”), from ὄστρᾰκον (óstrăkon, “earthenware vessel; fragment of such a vessel, potsherd”) (from the fact that when voting was held to decide whether to banish people, their names were inscribed on potsherds) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, suffix forming verbs)). The English word is cognate with French ostraciser.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: остракирам (ostrakiram) — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Dutch: verbannen — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• French: ostraciser — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• German: ostrakisieren — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Greek: οστρακίζω (ostrakízo) — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Ancient Greek: ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō) — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Ancient Greek: ἐξοστρακίζω (exostrakízō) — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Italian: ostracizzare — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Portuguese: ostracizar — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Romanian: ostraciza — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Spanish: ostracizar — to ban a person from a city for five or ten years by the procedure of ostracism
• Bulgarian: отлъчвам (otlǎčvam) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Bulgarian: отлъча (otlǎča) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Chinese Mandarin: 放逐 (fàngzhú) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Chinese Mandarin: 流放 (liúfàng) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Dutch: mijden — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Dutch: uitstoten — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Dutch: verbannen — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Finnish: hyljeksiä — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Finnish: sulkea ulkopuolelle — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Finnish: eristää — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• French: ostraciser — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• French: mettre au ban — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Georgian: მოკვეთა (moḳveta) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• German: ächten — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• German: ausgrenzen — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• German: ausschließen — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• German: bannen — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• German: verfemen — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• German: verbannen — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Greek: εξοστρακίζω (exostrakízo) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Greek: εξοβελίζω (exovelízo) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Greek: οστρακίζω (ostrakízo) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Hungarian: kiközösít — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Italian: ostracizzare — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Italian: bandire — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Italian: escludere — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Malay: pulau — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Portuguese: ostracizar — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Portuguese: excluir — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Russian: отлуча́ть (otlučátʹ) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Russian: отлучи́ть (otlučítʹ) — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: екскомуници́ран — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: изопћити — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: низгвернат — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀гонат — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: прокуден — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: ekskomunicírati — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: izopćiti — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: nizgvernat — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: prògonati — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Serbo-Croatian: prokuden — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Spanish: aislar — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Spanish: excluir — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Spanish: marginar — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Spanish: ostracizar — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Swedish: frysa ut — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Swedish: sky — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Turkish: aforoz etmek — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence
• Turkish: aforozlamak — to exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence