Ancien Régime

See also: ancien regime and ancien régime

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.

Proper noun

the Ancien Régime

1. (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
2. (historical, by extension) Any other political system overthrown in the wake of the French Revolution.

   the Ancien Régime of Switzerland (1648–1798)

Translations

aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution

• Finnish: ancien régime
• French: Ancien Régime (fr) m
• Galician: Antigo Réxime m
• German: Ancien Régime (de) n
• Greek: Παλαιό Καθεστώς n (Palaió Kathestós)
• Korean: 앙시앵 레짐 (angsiaeng rejim)
• Polish: Ancien Régime (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ancien Régime m, ancien régime m
• Russian: старый режим m (staryj režim)
• Spanish: Antiguo Régimen m

French

Etymology

From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sjɛ̃ ʁe.ʒim/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Proper noun

l'Ancien Régime m

1. (historical) Ancien Régime

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Ancien Régime.

Proper noun

o Ancien Régime m

1. (historical, politics) Ancien Régime (aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution)