politique

English

Etymology 1

From French politique, from Latin politicus. Doublet of politic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlətɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlətɪk/
• Homophone: politic

Noun

politique (plural politiques)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
   • 2012, Peter Marshall, “Occult Following”, in Literary Review, section 404:

     Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […]

Synonyms

• politico

Translations

dubious politician

• French: politicard (fr) m

Etymology 2

Adjective

politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)

1. Obsolete form of politic.
   • 1579, John Lyly, Euphues and his England:

     And surely me thinketh we cannot better bestowe our time on the Sea, then in aduice how to behaue our selues when we come to the shore: for greater daunger is there to ariue in a straunge countrey where the inhabitauntes be politique, then to be tossed with the troublesome waues, where the Marriners be vnskilfull.

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Boldness”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     Politique Body

Derived terms

• body politique
• politiquely

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin polīticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.tik/

• Audio (France (Paris)); “la politique”:

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Adjective

politique (plural politiques)

1. political

   économie politique ― political economy

   parti politique ― political party

   prisonnier politique ― political prisoner

   homme politique ― male politician

   femme politique ― female politician

   sciences politiques ― political science

   rectitude politique ― political correctness

Derived terms

• apolitique
• géopolitique
• politiquement

Related terms

• politiser

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: politik
• → Polish: polityczny

Noun

politique f (countable and uncountable, plural politiques)

1. (uncountable) politics

   politique extérieure, politique étrangère ― foreign policy

   politique intérieure ― domestic policy

2. (countable) policy

   politique de l'autruche ― ostrich policy

   politique du saucissonnage ― salami technique

Derived terms

• politicien

Descendants

• → German: Politik
• Haitian Creole: politik

Noun

politique m or f by sense (plural politiques)

1. politician

   Synonym: politicien

Noun

politique m (uncountable)

1. the political world, the political sphere; politicians taken collectively

   méfiance à l'égard du politique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (polītikós, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

politique m or f

1. (Jersey) political

Noun

politique f (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) politics

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.liˈt͡ʃi.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.liˈt͡ʃi.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.liˈt͡ʃi.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.liˈti.kɨ/

Verb

politique

1. inflection of politicar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative