different between odium vs ignominy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin odium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.di.?m/
• Homophone: Odiham

Noun

odium (countable and uncountable, plural odiums)

1. Hatred; dislike.

2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.

Related terms

Anagrams

• duomi

Latin

Etymology

From ?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.di.um/, [??d?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.di.um/, [???d?ium]

Noun

odium n (genitive odi? or od?); second declension

1. hatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing, enmity or their manifestation
2. the condition of being hated, unpopularity
3. (by metonymy) an object of hatred or aversion
4. (in weaker sense) weariness, boredom, impatience or their manifestation

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Antonyms

• amor

Derived terms

• odi?sus

Related terms

• ?d?

Descendants

References

• “odium” on page 1239 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• odium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• odium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• odium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• odium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin odium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d.jum/

Noun

odium n

1. odium

Declension

Further reading

• odium in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• odium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ign?minia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ?g?n?-m?n'?, IPA^(key): /???n??m?ni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???n??m?ni/, /???n?m?ni/, /???n?m?ni/

Noun

ignominy (countable and uncountable, plural ignominies)

1. Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.
   • a. 1994, Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, Andrews McMeel, ?ISBN, page 168:

     Calvin: Our great plan backfired and I'm the one who got soaked! Oh, the shame! The ignominy!

Related terms

• ignominious

Translations