boycott

See also Boycott

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ X-SAMPA: /"bOIkAt/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ X-SAMPA: /"bOIkQt/

Verb

boycott (third-person singular simple present boycotts, present participle boycotting, simple past and past participle boycotted)

1. To abstain, either as an individual or group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

Synonyms

• blackball
• blacklist
• embargo
• withhold patronage

Translations

to abstain from dealing with a person or organisation as a protest

• Albanian: bojkotoj (sq)
• Arabic: مقاطعة (ar) (muqāṭaʿa) f
• Armenian: բոյկոտ (hy) (boykot)
• Breton: boikotiñ (br)
• Catalan: boicotejar (ca)
• Czech: bojkotovat (cs)
• Danish: boykotte (da)
• Esperanto: bojkoti (eo)
• Finnish: boikotoida (fi)
• French: boycotter (fr)

• German: boykottieren (de)
• Hebrew: החרים (he) (hekhrím)
• Hungarian: bojkott (hu)
• Ido: boikotar
• Japanese: ボイコットする (ja) (boikottosuru)
• Polish: bojkotować
• Portuguese: boicotar (pt)
• Russian: бойкотировать (ru) (bojkotirovatʹ)
• Spanish: boicotear (es)
• Swedish: bojkotta (sv)

Noun

boycott (plural boycotts)

1. The act of boycotting

Translations

the act of boycotting

• Albanian: bojkotim (sq)
• Catalan: boicot (ca) m
• Czech: bojkot (cs) m
• Danish: boykot (da) c
• Finnish: boikotointi (fi)
• French: boycott (fr) m, boycottage (fr) m
• German: Boykott (de) m
• Hebrew: חרם (he) (khérem) m

• Japanese: ボイコット (ja) (boikotto)
• Polish: bojkot (pl)
• Portuguese: boicote (pt) m
• Russian: бойкот (ru) (bojkót) m
• Serbo-Croatian: bojkot (sh) m
• Spanish: boicot (es) m, boicoteo (es) m
• Swedish: bojkott c

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

boycott m (plural boycotts)

1. boycott

Related terms

• boycotter
• boycotteur