mot d'ordre

English

Etymology

From French mot d’ordre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌməʊˈdɔːdɹə/

Noun

mot d'ordre (plural mots d'ordre)

1. 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo d‿ɔʁdʁ/

Noun

mot d’ordre m (plural mots d’ordre)

1. watchword