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Translate shibboleth from English to French

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shibboleth:
- assignation; ordre; consigne; mission; instruction; commandement; devise; sommation; contrainte
Wiktionary:
- shibboleth → shibboleth
- shibboleth → schibboleth, shibolet, shibboleth, shiboleth

English

Detailed Translations for shibboleth from English to French

shibboleth:

shibboleth [the ~] noun

the shibboleth (command; assignment; order; instruction; parole; cue; motto)
l'assignation; l'ordre; la consigne; la mission; l'instruction; le commandement; la devise; la sommation; la contrainte
- assignation [la ~] noun
- ordre [le ~] noun
- consigne [la ~] noun
- mission [la ~] noun
- instruction [la ~] noun
- commandement [le ~] noun
- devise [la ~] noun
- sommation [la ~] noun
- contrainte [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for shibboleth:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
assignation	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	allotment; assignment; citation; command; commission; instruction; mandate; order; orders; subpoena; summon; summons
commandement	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	assignment; command; instruction; order
consigne	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	assignment; cloakroom; close arrest; command; commission; confinement to barracks; confinement to one's room; deposit; instruction; left luggage office; mandate; order; orders; password; prescription; recommendation; regulation; wardrobe
contrainte	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	assignment; command; constraint; force; instruction; order; reserve; restraint; reticence; strength; violence
devise	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	battle cry; central argument; device; election-cry; foreign currency; main proposition; maxim; motto; parole; password; precept; principle; promotion line; slogan; war cry; whoop; yell
instruction	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	action statement; assignment; briefing; college; command; commission; cultivation; development; drilling; education; evolvement; guidebook; guideline; handbook; instruction; instruction book; lesson; mandate; manual; order; orders; preliminary inquiry; preliminary investigation; qualification; schooling; statement; teaching; training; tuition; upbringing
mission	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	assignment; chore; command; consignment; delivery; dispatch; duties; instruction; labor; labour; mission; order; remittance; sending; sending in; supplies; supply; task; work; working; workpiece
ordre	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	arrangement; assignment; building; civility; class; classification; command; construction; decency; disposition; faultlessness; hierarchy; impeccability; instruction; irreprochability; joy; level; light-heartedness; marshalling; merriment; mirth; neatness; order; order of rank; orderliness; perfection; pleasure; position; propriety; purity; ranging; rank; regularity; respectability; sequence; social class; social group; social position; soundness; specialism; spotlessness; stainlessness; succession; tidiness
sommation	assignment; command; cue; instruction; motto; order; parole; shibboleth	admonition; announcement; assignment; command; demand; instruction; notification; order; reminder; subpoena; summons; urgent request; warning; warrant
-	catchword; motto; slogan
Not Specified	Related Translations	Other Translations
instruction		instruction

Synonyms for "shibboleth":

motto; slogan; catchword; saying; expression; locution
manner of speaking; speech; delivery

Related Definitions for "shibboleth":

a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people¹
a favorite saying of a sect or political group¹

Wiktionary Translations for shibboleth:

shibboleth

noun

A word, especially seen as a test, to distinguish someone as belonging to a particular nation, class, profession etc
- shibboleth → shibboleth
A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
- shibboleth → shibboleth

shibboleth

noun

vocabulaire ou façon de parler qui dénote l’appartenance à un groupe particulier.
- shibboleth → shibboleth

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• shibboleth	→ schibboleth; shibolet; shibboleth; shiboleth	↔ Schibboleth — (verabredetes) Zeichen, das zur Erkennung von jemandem oder etwas dienen soll; einzelnes Wort als Losung; charakteristisches, unterscheidendes Zeichen, an dem eine Person/Personengruppe oder Sache (deutlich) zu erkennen ist

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University