Ancien Régime
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See also: ancien regime and ancien régime
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
Proper noun[edit]
the Ancien Régime
- (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
Translations[edit]
aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French Ancien Régime.
Proper noun[edit]
o Ancien Régime m
- (historical, politics) Ancien Régime (aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution)
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