Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pogrom

/pəˈɡɹoʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: pogrom
IPA: /pəˈɡɹoʊm/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).

noun

An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.

verb

To persecute or massacre a particular group of people.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"More strikingly, when blood ran on the streets of Pittsburgh after the pogrom at the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, Trump did not meet with community leaders of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, nor the family members of the dead, nor even the city’s mayor. He spoke with Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: פּאָגראָם, погро́м

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pəˈɡɹoʊm/
British English: /ˈpɒɡɹəm/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

pogroms (plural) pogroms (present, singular) pogroming (participle, present) pogromed (participle, past) pogromed (past)

Derived Forms

pogromist pogromization pogromize pogromnik

Frequently Paired Words

lynching

Rhymes With

mom tom bomb calm islam vietnam palm com prom dom rom comm

Questions

How do you pronounce pogrom?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɡɹoʊm/.
What does pogrom mean?: A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).
Where does pogrom come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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