politique

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French politique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒlɪˈtiːk/

Noun

politique (plural politiques)

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

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

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Adjective

politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)

1. Obsolete form of politic.

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French

Etymology

From Latin politicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.tik/

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Adjective

politique (plural politiques)

1. political

Noun

politique f (plural politiques)

1. (uncountable) politics
2. policy

Descendants

• German: Politik

Derived terms

• politicien
• homme politique
• femme politique

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin polīticus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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