persecution

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• General-American: /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːʃən/
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• rhymes with -uːʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER2 S AH0 K Y UW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Equivalent to persecute + -ion. From Middle English persecucioun, from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”). Displaced native Old English ēhtnes.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِضْطِهَاد (iḍṭihād) — the act of persecuting
• Armenian: հալածանք (halacankʻ) — the act of persecuting
• Bourguignon: porsécucion — the act of persecuting
• Bulgarian: преследване (presledvane) — the act of persecuting
• Bulgarian: гонение (gonenie) — the act of persecuting
• Catalan: persecució — the act of persecuting
• Chinese Mandarin: 迫害 (pòhài) — the act of persecuting
• Czech: perzekuce — the act of persecuting
• Danish: forfølgelse — the act of persecuting
• Dutch: vervolging — the act of persecuting
• Esperanto: persekutado — the act of persecuting
• Finnish: vainoaminen — the act of persecuting
• Finnish: vaino — the act of persecuting
• Finnish: sorto — the act of persecuting
• French: persécution — the act of persecuting
• Georgian: დევნა (devna) — the act of persecuting
• German: Verfolgung — the act of persecuting
• German: Schikane — the act of persecuting
• German: Drangsalierung — the act of persecuting
• German: Plage — the act of persecuting
• German: Belästigung — the act of persecuting
• Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹 (wrēkei) — the act of persecuting
• Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌰 (wraka) — the act of persecuting
• Greek: καταδίωξη (katadíoxi) — the act of persecuting
• Greek: δίωξη (díoxi) — the act of persecuting
• Ancient Greek: διωγμός (diōgmós) — the act of persecuting
• Hebrew: רדיפה (redifá) — the act of persecuting
• Hindi: प्रताड़ना (pratāṛnā) — the act of persecuting
• Hindi: सताना (satānā) — the act of persecuting
• Hungarian: üldözés — the act of persecuting
• Hungarian: üldöztetés — the act of persecuting
• Irish: géarleanúint — the act of persecuting
• Italian: persecuzione — the act of persecuting
• Japanese: 迫害 (hakugai) — the act of persecuting
• Korean: 박해 (bakhae) — the act of persecuting
• Central Kurdish: چەوساندنەوە (çewsandnewe) — the act of persecuting
• Ladino: afrision — the act of persecuting
• Ladino: afriisyon — the act of persecuting
• Luxembourgish: Verfollegung — the act of persecuting
• Norwegian Bokmål: forfølgelse — the act of persecuting
• Old English: ēhtnes — the act of persecuting
• Persian: آزار (âzâr) — the act of persecuting
• Plautdietsch: Forcht — the act of persecuting
• Polish: prześladowanie — the act of persecuting
• Portuguese: perseguição — the act of persecuting
• Romanian: persecutare — the act of persecuting
• Russian: пресле́дование (preslédovanije) — the act of persecuting
• Russian: гоне́ние (gonénije) — the act of persecuting
• Russian: тра́вля (trávlja) — the act of persecuting
• Russian: напа́дки (napádki) — the act of persecuting
• Serbo-Croatian: progon — the act of persecuting
• Serbo-Croatian: proganjanje — the act of persecuting
• Spanish: persecución — the act of persecuting
• Spanish: cacería — the act of persecuting
• Spanish: prosecución — the act of persecuting
• Swedish: förföljelse — the act of persecuting
• Turkish: zulüm — the act of persecuting
• Vietnamese: sự khủng bố — the act of persecuting
• Yiddish: פֿאַרפֿאָלגונג (farfolgung) — the act of persecuting
• Yiddish: רדיפֿה (rdifh) — the act of persecuting