république

See also: republique and republiqué

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French republique (“republic”), borrowed from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁe.py.blik/
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Homophone: républiques

Noun

république f (plural républiques)

republic

Derived terms

républicain
république bananière
République française
république sœur
républiquette
Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques

Descendants

→ Danish: republik
→ Dutch: republiek
- Afrikaans: republiek
→ English: republic
→ German: Republik
→ Norwegian: republikk
→ Polish: republika
→ Swedish: republik
→ Yiddish: רעפּובליק (republik)

Further reading

“république”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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