hécatombe
See also: hecatombe
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ka.tɔ̃b/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Noun
hécatombe f (plural hécatombes)
- (historical) hecatomb (sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen)
- (by extension) bloodbath
- Synonym: massacre
- 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Mourir pour des idées”, in Fernande:
- Encor s’il suffisait de quelques hécatombes / Pour qu’enfin tout changeât, qu’enfin tout s’arrangeât !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) mass destruction (destruction of a huge quantity of things)
Further reading
- “hécatombe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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