trahison

English

Etymology

From French trahison.

Noun

trahison (uncountable)

1. (rare) Treason.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2010, page 270:

     That this trahison would take a partly “multicultural” form was also something that was slowly ceasing to surprise me.

Related terms

• trahison des clercs

Anagrams

• Hairston

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin traditiōnem. Equivalent to trahir +‎ -on. Doublet of tradition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.i.zɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: trahisons
• Hyphenation: tra‧hi‧son

Noun

trahison f (plural trahisons)

1. treason
2. betrayal
3. (figuratively) pitfall

Derived terms

• haute trahison

Related terms

• trahir
• tradition

Further reading

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

Middle French

Alternative forms

• trahyson
• traison
• traïson

Etymology

From Old French traïson.

Noun

trahison f (plural trahisons)

1. treason

Descendants

• French: trahison

Norman

Etymology

From Old French traïson, from trair, or from Latin trāditiō, trāditiōnem.

Noun

trahison f (plural trahisons)

1. (Jersey) treason