crime passionnel

/ˌkɹiːmˌpasjəˈnɛl/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"If, as she hinted, Dr Serrou had spent the night with Bachelet, the inexplicable brainstorm might have stemmed from a crime passionel."
"Stalking, a kind of crime passionnel, confuses our sympathies: how do you feel about someone who loves you but wants to ‘ruin’ you; who massages your ego as she damages your career [...]?"

Borrowed from French crime passionnel.

crimes passionnels (plural) crime passionel (alternative)

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How do you pronounce crime passionnel?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɹiːmˌpasjəˈnɛl/.

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Where does crime passionnel come from?

It is traced to French.

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