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pogrom

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒɡɹəm/
  • General-American: /pəˈɡɹoʊm/
  • General-American: /ˈpoʊɡɹəm/
  • /pəˈɡɹʌm/
  • /pəˈɡɹɑm/
  • /poʊ-/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɡɹəm
  • rhymes with (General American) -oʊɡɹəm
  • rhymes with (General American) -oʊm
  • CMU ARPABET: P AH0 G R AA1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P OW1 G R AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: persecution

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Arabic: مَذْبَحَة (maḏbaḥa) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Arabic: بُوجْرُوم (būjrūm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Arabic: بُوغْرُوم (būḡrūm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Armenian: պոգրոմ (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Azerbaijani: talan — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Azerbaijani: çapqın — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Azerbaijani: qırğın — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Azerbaijani: poqrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Belarusian: пагро́м (pahróm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Bulgarian: погро́м (pogróm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Catalan: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大屠殺 /大屠杀 (dàtúshā) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Czech: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Danish: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Dutch: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Esperanto: pogromo — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Estonian: pogromm — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Finnish: vaino — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Finnish: pogromi — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • French: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Galician: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Georgian: პოგრომი (ṗogromi) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • German: Pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Greek: πογκρόμ (pogkróm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Hebrew: פּוֹגְרוֹם (pogróm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Hindi: पोग्रोम (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Hungarian: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Italian: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Japanese: ポグロム (poguromu) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Kazakh: ойран (oiran) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Kazakh: погром (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Korean: 포그롬 (pogeurom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Kyrgyz: погром (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Latvian: pogroms — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Lithuanian: pogromas — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Macedonian: по́гром (pógrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Persian: پوگْروم (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Polish: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Portuguese: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Romanian: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Russian: погро́м (pogróm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀гром — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Serbo-Croatian: pògrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Slovak: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Slovene: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Spanish: pogromo — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Swedish: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Tajik: погром (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Thai: โพกรม (poo-grom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Turkish: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Ukrainian: погро́м (pohróm) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Urdu: پوگْروم (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Uzbek: pogrom — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews
  • Yiddish: פּאָגראָם (pogrom) — riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews