noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɒɡɹəm/
General-American:/pəˈɡɹoʊm/
General-American:/ˈpoʊɡɹəm/
/pəˈɡɹʌm/
/pəˈɡɹɑm/
/poʊ-/
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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
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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