dignité

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French dignité, borrowed from Latin dignitātem. Compare the inherited Old French deintié.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ɲi.te/, (nonstandard) /di.ni.te/

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• Hyphenation: di‧gni‧te

Noun

dignité f (plural dignités)

1. dignity

Related terms

• digne

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dignitātem. Cf. the inherited variant deintié.

Noun

dignité oblique singular, f (oblique plural dignitez, nominative singular dignité, nominative plural dignitez)

1. dignity

Descendants

• → Middle English: dignitee
  • English: dignity
• French: dignité