énarque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French énarque.

Noun

énarque (plural énarques)

1. A graduate of the École nationale d'administration.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 5:

     The senior managements were the most highly paid professional caste in Europe, a new elite of administrators, énarques and scientific entrepreneurs.

Anagrams

• Requena

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French

Etymology

From ENA + -arque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.naʁk/

Noun

énarque m or f (plural énarques)

1. énarque

Derived terms

• énarchie

See also

• X or polytechnicien
• centralien
• normalien

Further reading

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