Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pour encourager les autres

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: pour en-cour-ager les autres
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

In order to warn or intimidate others (especially by making an example of someone or something).

Example Sentences

"Whenever trouble threatened, Avitabile hanged a few of the citizens from the walls of Government House pour encourager les autres; and when trouble did occur, he doubled the hangings and had a daily roster for suspension with a next-for-the-noose column."
"Indeed, some may wish to make withdrawal as painful as possible pour encourager les autres."
"He added jokingly: “So very inclusive, in fact, there were a couple of places where everybody was murdered and butchered, pour encourager les autres.”"

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French pour (preposition) encourager (verb) les pl (article) autres pl (adjective) (literally “in order to encourage the others”), as used French writer Voltaire in 1759 in his satire Candide, in reference to the execution of Admiral John Byng.

Questions

What does pour encourager les autres mean?: In order to warn or intimidate others (especially by making an example of someone or something).
Where does pour encourager les autres come from?: Unadapted borrowing from French pour (preposition) encourager (verb) les pl (article) autres pl (adjective) (literally “in order to encourage the others”), as used French writer Voltaire in 1759 in his satire Candide, in reference to the execution of Admiral John Byng.

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