altruisme

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French altruisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əl.tɾuˈiz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.tɾuˈiz.me]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

altruisme m (uncountable)

1. altruism

Related terms

• altruista

Further reading

• “altruisme”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

Coined by Auguste Comte in 1830, from autrui +‎ -isme. From Old French, from Latin alteri, dative of alter (“other”). Apparently inspired by French Latin legal phrase l'autrui, from le bien, le droit d'autrui (“the good, the right of the other”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.tʁɥism/ ~ /al.tʁɥizm/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -ism, -izm
• Homophone: altruismes
• Hyphenation: al‧tru‧isme, al‧truisme

Noun

altruisme m (plural altruismes)

1. altruism

Related terms

• altruiste

Descendants

• → Dutch: altruïsme
  • → Indonesian: altruismê
• → English: altruism
• → German: Altruismus
• → Russian: альтруизм (alʹtruizm)
  • → Georgian: ალტრუიზმი (alṭruizmi)
  • → Kazakh: альтруизм (altruizm)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “altruisme”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• “altruisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mutileras, stimulera, trémulais

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, affixed altruis +‎ -isme, borrowed from Dutch altruïsme, from French altruisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [altruˈɪsmə]
• Hyphenation: al‧tru‧is‧mê

Noun

altruismê (plural altruisme-altruisme)

1. altruism

Related terms

• altruis
• altruistis

Further reading

• “altruisme”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016