tyrannie

English

Noun

tyrannie (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannies)

1. Obsolete spelling of tyranny

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin tyrannia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía). By surface analysis, tyran +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁa.ni/

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Noun

tyrannie f (plural tyrannies)

1. tyranny

Further reading

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