English Explanatory Dictionary

attentat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal.
  2. Any step wrongly innovated or attempted by an inferior judge in a suit.
  3. An attempted assault or assassination of a political figure; a politically motivated attempted assault.

Pronunciation

/ˌætɑnˈtɑː/

Word forms

attentat attentats

Etymology

From either French attentat or German Attentat.

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