French word

éjection

Pronunciation

IPA/eʒɛksjɔ̃/

Meaning

  • feminine nounejection

Example

Le public a protesté contre l'éjection du joueur.

The crowd protested the player's ejection.

Illustration for éjection (ejection)

More examples

L'arbitre a justifié l'éjection après le carton rouge.

The referee justified the sending-off after the red card.

Core concept

A person being driven beyond a place's boundary, or the act that puts the person outside.

Common phrases

  • une éjection après un carton rouge

    a sending-off after a red card

Similar words

expulsion: Forcibly removing someone from a place or country by public or private authority.
mise à la porte: Being forcibly thrown out of a shop or venue.
renvoi: Officially dismissing someone from a workplace or school.

Definition in French

Désigne l'action d'obliger quelqu'un à quitter un lieu ou le fait d'être contraint de partir.

Word origin

The noun éjection developed from Latin eiectio, based on eicere, which combines ex- 'out' with iacere 'throw'.

Usage tips

  • In everyday French, expulser or faire sortir is usually more natural than the formal noun éjection for making someone leave.

Other meanings

  • dischargenoun
  • expulsionnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • éjectersend offverb
  • éjectésent offadjective

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