politique
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle French politique.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
politique (plural politiques)
- (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
- 2012, Peter Marshall, ‘Occult Following’, Literary Review 404:
- Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […].
- 2012, Peter Marshall, ‘Occult Following’, Literary Review 404:
Etymology 2 [edit]
Variant forms.
Adjective [edit]
politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)
- Obsolete form of politic.
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
politique (masculine and feminine, plural politiques)
Noun [edit]
politique f (plural politiques)
Descendants [edit]
- German: Politik
Derived terms [edit]
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (politikos, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις (polis, “city”).
Pronunciation [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
politique (epicene, plural politiques)
Noun [edit]
politique f (usually uncountable)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English nouns
- English derogatory terms
- English adjectives
- English obsolete forms
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Jèrriais adjectives
- Jèrriais nouns
