théodicée

See also: theodicee

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + δίκη (díkē, “justice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.ɔ.di.se/

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Noun

théodicée f (plural théodicées)

1. theodicy

Descendants

• → Czech: theodicea, teodicea
• → Dutch: theodicee
• → English: theodicy
• → Italian: teodicea
• → Polish: teodycea
• → Portuguese: teodiceia, teodicéia (pre-1990 spelling); theodiceia (obsolete)
• → Russian: теодице́я (teodicéja)
• → Spanish: teodicea
  • → Tagalog: teodisea, teodiseya, teodisiya
• → Turkish: teodise

Further reading

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