droit

See also: Droit

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French droit (spelled dreit in Early Old French), inherited from Vulgar Latin *drēctus, syncopated form of Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direct. In Middle French, it was for a time spelled droict to reflect the original Latin etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁwa/, /dʁwɑ/

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Noun

droit m (plural droits)

1. right (entitlement)

   J’ai le droit de dormir. ― I have the right to sleep.

   Antonym: interdiction

2. law (study of law)

   Il est étudiant en droit. ― He is a law student.

   Antonym: non-droit

3. (geometry) right angle

   Un angle de trois droits. ― An angle of 270 degrees.

Derived terms

• Dieu et mon droit (God and my right; the motto of England)
• droit de seigneur
• droit d’auteur
• droit d’hommes

 

Adjective

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

1. right (on the right-hand side)

   Donne-moi ta main droite. ― Give me your right hand.

   Antonym: gauche

2. straight (not bent or crooked)

   Une rue droite. ― A straight road.

   Antonyms: courbé, tordu

3. (geometry) right (of an angle)

Derived terms

• droit de cuissage
• droit de jambage
• droiteur
• droitier, droitière
• droiture
• tout droit

 

Adverb

droit

1. straight, straight on
2. upright, straight, not bent or crooked

   Tenez votre tête droit. ― Keep your head straight.

   Synonym: juste

Related terms

• endroit

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Adjective

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

1. Alternative form of droict

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Old French

Alternative forms

• dreit, droict

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *drectus, syncopated form of Latin dīrectus.

Pronunciation

• (Early Old French) IPA^(key): /dreit/
• (Old French) IPA^(key): /droit/
• (Late Old French) IPA^(key): /dro̯e(t)/

Noun

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

1. justice, right (that which is just)

Adjective

droit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular droite)

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

Declension

Declension of droit

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	droiz, droits	droite	droit
	Oblique	droit			droite	droit
Plural	Subject	droit	droites		droit
	Oblique	droiz, droits			droites	droit

Descendants

• Middle French: droict, droit
  • French: droit
    • ⇒ French: adroit
      • → English: adroit
      • → German: adrett
        • → Danish: adræt
• Angevin: drait
• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét
• Norman: dreit
• Gallo: drait
• Picard: droét
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret
• Walloon: droet

Adverb

droit

1. rightly; justly
2. directly

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:droit.

Related terms

• endroit