département
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French département. Doublet of department.
Noun[edit]
département (plural départements)
- An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French departement, from departir + -ment.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
département m (plural départements)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: departament
- → Danish: departement
- → English: département
- → Finnish: departementti
- → Galician: departamento
- → Moore: departma
- → Portuguese: departamento
- → Romanian: departament
- → Spanish: departamento
- → Turkish: departman
Further reading[edit]
- “département”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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