droit

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English

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Etymology

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From French. Doublet of direct.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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droit (plural droits)

  1. (law) A legal right or entitlement.
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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French droit (spelled dreit in Early Old French, such as the Oaths of Strasbourg), inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus. Doublet of direct. In Middle French, it was for a time spelled droict to reflect the original Latin etymology.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dʁwa/ ~ /dʁwɑ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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droit m (plural droits)

  1. right (entitlement)
    Antonym: interdiction
    J’ai le droit de dormir.I have the right to sleep.
  2. law (study of law)
    Antonym: non-droit
    Il est étudiant en droit.He is a law student.
  3. (geometry) right angle
    Un angle de trois droits.An angle of 270 degrees.

Derived terms

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Adjective

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droit (feminine droite, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droites)

  1. right (on the right-hand side)
    Antonym: gauche
    Donne-moi ta main droite.Give me your right hand.
  2. straight (not bent or crooked)
    Antonyms: courbé, tordu
    Une rue droite.A straight road.
  3. (geometry) right (of an angle)

Derived terms

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Adverb

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droit

  1. straight, straight on
  2. upright, straight, not bent or crooked
    Synonym: juste
    Tenez votre tête droit.Keep your head straight.
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Further reading

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Middle French

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Adjective

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droit m (feminine singular droitte, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droittes)

  1. Alternative form of droict

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Old French) IPA(key): /ˈdɾoi̯t/
  • (Late Old French) IPA(key): /ˈdɾo̯et/

Noun

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droit oblique singularm (oblique plural droiz or droitz, nominative singular droiz or droitz, nominative plural droit)

  1. justice, right (that which is just)

Adjective

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droit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular droite)

  1. right; correct; justified
  2. right (on the right-hand side)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Angevin: drait
  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét
  • Gallo: drait
  • Middle French: droict (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: dreit
  • Picard: droét
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret
  • Walloon: droet

Adverb

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droit

  1. rightly; justly
  2. directly

Quotations

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