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English

Etymology

From French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sæb?t??/

Noun

sabotage (usually uncountable, plural sabotages)

1. A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
2. (military) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.

Translations

Verb

sabotage (third-person singular simple present sabotages, present participle sabotaging, simple past and past participle sabotaged)

1. To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

Translations

See also

• terrorism

References

Anagrams

• boatages

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Noun

sabotage c (singular definite sabotagen, plural indefinite sabotager)

1. sabotage

Declension

Related terms

• sabotere
• sabotør

Further reading

• “sabotage” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “sabotage” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?bo??ta???/
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?ta?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

sabotage m (uncountable)

1. sabotage

Related terms

• saboteren
• saboteur

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: sabotase

French

Etymology

From saboter +? -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.b?.ta?/
• Homophone: sabotages
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?tage

Noun

sabotage m (plural sabotages)

1. sabotage

Descendants

Further reading

• “sabotage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabotage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sab??t???/

Noun

sabotage n

1. sabotage

Declension

Related terms

• sabotera
• sabotör

Further reading

• sabotage in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

Clipping of sabotage.

Verb

sabo (third-person singular simple present sabos, present participle saboing, simple past and past participle saboed)

1. (transitive, Singapore, colloquial, informal, Singlish) To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts.

Noun

sabo (plural sabos)

1. (slang) A saboteur.

Anagrams

• ASBO, Abos, Asbo, BAOs, Baos, abos, asbo, baos, baso-, boas, bosa, obas, soba

Hausa

Adjective

s?b? (feminine s?buw?, plural s??bàbb?)

1. new

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??(???) (sab?, “erosion control”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.bo/
• Hyphenation: sa?bo

Noun

sabo

1. (geology) erosion control.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sabo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Noun

sabo

1. large group; large flock (of birds)

Synonyms

• kawan
• langkay

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sábbaton), from Hebrew ???? (shabbat, “Sabbath”) Compare Italian sabato

Noun

sabo m (plural sabi)

1. Saturday