région
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin regiōnem. Compare the inherited Old French reiun, rëon, royon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
région f (plural régions)
- region; area
- a political subdivision of France and some other Francophone countries, bigger than a département
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: regiune
Further reading edit
- “région”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.