machiavélique

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian machiavellico, from the patronym of Niccolò Machiavelli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kja.ve.lik/

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Adjective

machiavélique (plural machiavéliques)

1. Machiavellian

Further reading

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