république

See also: republique and republiqué

French

Etymology

From Middle French republique (“republic”), borrowed from Latin rēpūblicā, ablative singular of rēspūblica (“republic”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.py.blik/

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• Homophone: républiques

Noun

république f (plural républiques)

1. republic

Derived terms

• républicain

Descendants

• German: Republik

Further reading

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