mot d'ordre
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mot d’ordre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mot d'ordre (plural mots d'ordre)
- A watchword or slogan; a statement of policy, a plan. [from 19th c.]
- 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 238:
- With the outbreak of full-scale war, the army received strict instructions to avoid set-piece battles with the French […]. Guerrilla warfare was the mot d'ordre.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mot d’ordre m (plural mots d’ordre)
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: ordewoord (calque)
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