holocausto

== Latin == === Noun === holocaustō dative/ablative singular of holocaustum == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin holocaustum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston), from ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”). === Noun === holocausto m (plural holocaustos) (religion, dis legomenon) holocaust ==== Descendants ==== Galician: holocausto Portuguese: holocausto === References === Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “holocausto”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese holocausto, a learned borrowing from Latin holocaustum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston), from ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), from ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -awstu, -awʃtu Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧caus‧to Homophone: Holocausto === Noun === holocausto m (plural holocaustos) (religion) holocaust (among the ancient Hebrews, a sacrifice in which the victim was completely consumed by fire) (religion) holocaust (victim offered in this sacrifice) massacre, slaughter (killing of a large number of human beings) (figuratively) sacrifice; atonement (figuratively) abdication of one's own will to satisfy someone else's (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) === Further reading === “holocausto”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “holocausto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oloˈkausto/ [o.loˈkau̯s.t̪o] Rhymes: -austo Syllabification: ho‧lo‧caus‧to === Noun === holocausto m (plural holocaustos) holocaust (archaic, biblical) burnt offering === Further reading === “holocausto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025