ghetto

ɡeto

Definition

Definition of ghetto - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

ségrégation urbainequartier où une minorité vit séparée du reste de la population

Cette famille a réussi à sortir du ghetto pour s'installer ailleurs.

histoire juivequartier où les juifs étaient forcés de vivre

Le ghetto de Varsovie était entouré de murs très hauts.

quartier juif

quartier réservé

exclusion socialesituation d'isolement social dont il est difficile de sortir

Elle refuse de rester dans le ghetto de la pauvreté.

exclusion sociale

isolement social

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Expressions with ghetto

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ghetto juif

quartier fermé où les juifs étaient obligés de vivre séparément

Le ghetto juif de Varsovie était surpeuplé pendant la guerre.

ghetto-blaster

radiocassette portable de grande taille avec haut-parleurs puissants

Il transportait son ghetto-blaster sur l'épaule dans la rue.

Origin of ghetto

italien, ghetto (quartier juif)

Examples of ghetto in a sentence

Des associations œuvrent pour améliorer la vie dans le ghetto.
De nombreuses familles ont été contraintes de vivre dans le ghetto.
Le ghetto était surveillé par des soldats armés.
Ils cherchent à sortir du ghetto social.
Le film dénonce la vie dans le ghetto urbain.

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English:ghetto, Jewish quarter, ...
German:Ghetto, soziale Isolation, ...
Italian:ghetto, emarginazione, ...
Spanish:gueto, marginalidad, ...
Portuguese:ghetto, gueto, ...
Chinese:贫民区, 犹太区, ...
Japanese:ゲットー, 閉鎖的社会, ...
Arabic:حي معزول, حي اليهود, ...
Hebrew:גֵּטוֹ, גֵּטוֹ, ...
Russian:гетто, социальное гетто, ...
Ukrainian:гетто, соціальне гетто, ...
Catalan:barri segregat, gueto, ...
Danish:et ghetto, ghetto, ...
Dutch:getto, gettowijk, ...
Greek:γκέτο, εβραϊκό γκέτο, ...
Khmer:ហ្គេតតូ, សង្កាត់បំបែកឯកោ, ...
Korean:게토, 유대인 거주지, ...
Polish:getto, margines społeczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):gueto, isolamento social, ...
Romanian:ghetou, cartier evreiesc, ...
Swedish:ghetto, getto, ...
Thai:สลัม, เกตโต, ...
Turkish:getto, Yahudi mahallesi, ...
Vietnamese:khu ổ chuột, khu Do Thái, ...

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