boycot

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Dutch[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔi̯.kɔt/
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  • Hyphenation: boy‧cot

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English boycott, originating from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.

Noun[edit]

boycot m (plural boycots or boycotten, diminutive boycotje n)

  1. boycott

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

boycot

  1. inflection of boycotten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative