bojkott

Hungarian

Etymology

Via English boycott and German Boykott. From Charles Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbojkotː]
• Hyphenation: boj‧kott
• Rhymes: -otː

Noun

bojkott (plural bojkottok)

1. boycott (abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bojkott	bojkottok
accusative	bojkottot	bojkottokat
dative	bojkottnak	bojkottoknak
instrumental	bojkottal	bojkottokkal
causal-final	bojkottért	bojkottokért
translative	bojkottá	bojkottokká
terminative	bojkottig	bojkottokig
essive-formal	bojkottként	bojkottokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bojkottban	bojkottokban
superessive	bojkotton	bojkottokon
adessive	bojkottnál	bojkottoknál
illative	bojkottba	bojkottokba
sublative	bojkottra	bojkottokra
allative	bojkotthoz	bojkottokhoz
elative	bojkottból	bojkottokból
delative	bojkottról	bojkottokról
ablative	bojkottól	bojkottoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	bojkotté	bojkottoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	bojkottéi	bojkottokéi

Possessive forms of bojkott

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bojkottom	bojkottjaim
2nd person sing.	bojkottod	bojkottjaid
3rd person sing.	bojkottja	bojkottjai
1st person plural	bojkottunk	bojkottjaink
2nd person plural	bojkottotok	bojkottjaitok
3rd person plural	bojkottjuk	bojkottjaik

Derived terms

• bojkottál

Further reading

• bojkott in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bojkott in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Charles Boycott

English boycottbor.

Maltese bojkott

Borrowed from English boycott.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔjˈkɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

bojkott m (plural bojkotts)

1. boycott

Related terms

• bbojkottja

Swedish

Etymology

Phonetic transcription of English boycott. First attested in 1892.

Noun

bojkott c

1. a boycott

Declension

Declension of bojkott

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bojkott	bojkotts
	definite	bojkotten	bojkottens
plural	indefinite	bojkotter	bojkotters
	definite	bojkotterna	bojkotternas

Related terms

• bojkotta

See also

• blockad
• demonstration
• embargo
• protest
• strejk
• svartfot

References

• “bojkott”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bojkott”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)