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/
audio: (file) - Homophone: républiques
Noun
république f (plural républiques)
Derived terms
Descendants
- German: Republik
Further reading
- “république”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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