quisle

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈkwɪzəl/ UK /ˈkwɪzəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to act as a traitor or collaborator with an enemy

He was accused of quisling with the occupying forces.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to act as a traitor or... collaborate betray defect traffic

Word family

Derived forms quisling

Related forms quisling

Etymology

A back-formation from quisling, itself from the surname of Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian politician who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Actions & Processes

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# quisle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkwɪzəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɪzəl/

## Meanings
1. to act as a traitor or collaborator with an enemy

## Examples
- He was accused of quisling with the occupying forces.

## Synonyms
- collaborate
- betray
- defect
- traffic

## Derived Forms
- quisling

## Related Forms
- quisling

## Etymology
A back-formation from quisling, itself from the surname of Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian politician who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.

## AI Etymology
Quisle is a back-formation from quisling, itself from the surname of Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian politician who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II. Morphologically, quisle is best read as back-formation, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to act as a traitor or collaborator with an enemy". English derivatives include quisling; related forms include quisling. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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