altruisme
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
altruisme m (uncountable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “altruisme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Coined by Auguste Comte in 1830, from autrui + -isme. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.tʁɥizm/
Audio (France, Paris): (file) - Rhymes: -ism, -izm
- Homophone: altruismes
- Hyphenation: al‧tru‧isme, al‧truisme
Noun
altruisme m (plural altruismes)
Descendants
- → English: altruism
- → German: Altruismus
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “altruisme”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “altruisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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