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ghetto

/ˈɡɛtəʊ/ /ˈɡɛtoʊ/

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noun

Ghetto

An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)

Examples :

"During the medieval period, the Jewish ghetto in Florence was a small, walled-in area where many Jewish families lived. "

Au Moyen Âge, le ghetto juif de Florence était un petit quartier fortifié où vivaient de nombreuses familles juives.

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noun

Ghetto, quartier défavorisé

An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.

Examples :

"Many families who immigrated from Vietnam settled in the city's ghetto, where they could find familiar foods and speak their native language. "

De nombreuses familles immigrées du Vietnam se sont installées dans le ghetto de la ville, où elles pouvaient trouver des aliments familiers et parler leur langue maternelle.

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noun

Zone où se concentrent des personnes qui se distinguent par autre chose que l'ethnicité

An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.

Examples :

"The new art program attracted students from a wide range of backgrounds, creating a vibrant ghetto of artistic expression within the school. "

Le nouveau programme d'art a attiré des étudiants d'horizons très divers, créant un ghetto vibrant d'expression artistique au sein de l'école.

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noun

Ghetto, quartier

(sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.

Examples :

""The computer programming club at our school felt like a ghetto; only a few of us understood the complex code and it was hard to explain it to anyone else." "

Le club de programmation informatique de notre école ressemblait à un ghetto ; seuls quelques-uns d'entre nous comprenaient le code complexe et il était difficile de l'expliquer aux autres.

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verb

Enfermer dans un ghetto

To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.

Examples :

"The new zoning laws threatened to ghettoize low-income families by restricting affordable housing to one isolated area of the city. "

Les nouvelles lois de zonage menaçaient d'enfermer les familles à faibles revenus dans un ghetto en limitant les logements abordables à un seul quartier isolé de la ville.

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adjective

De ghetto

Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.

Examples :

"The school's neighborhood was known for its ghetto conditions, with rundown buildings and limited resources. "

Le quartier de l'école était connu pour ses conditions de ghetto, avec des bâtiments délabrés et des ressources limitées.

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adjective

Indécent, de mauvaise qualité, bon marché, minable, grossier

Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.

Examples :

"The old apartment building had a ghetto feel, with peeling paint and broken windows. "

Le vieil immeuble avait une ambiance minable, avec de la peinture écaillée et des fenêtres cassées.

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adjective

Propre au ghetto

Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.

Examples :

"The neighborhood's music, loud and repetitive, had a distinctly ghetto feel. "

La musique du quartier, forte et répétitive, avait une ambiance distinctement propre au ghetto.

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adjective

De ghetto

Having been raised in a ghetto in the United States.

Examples :

"Growing up, his family faced many challenges due to their ghetto upbringing, but they persevered and eventually achieved success. "

En grandissant, sa famille a rencontré de nombreux défis en raison de son éducation de ghetto, mais elle a persévéré et a finalement réussi.

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