légitime

See also: legitime, legitimé, and légitimé

English

Noun

légitime (plural légitimes)

1. Alternative spelling of legitime

French

Etymology

From Old French legit(t)ime (13th c.), borrowed from Latin lēgitimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.tim/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -im
• Homophone: légitimes

Adjective

légitime (plural légitimes)

1. legitimate

Noun

légitime m or f by sense (plural légitimes)

1. (dated, slang) one's regular sexual or romantic partner (as opposed to a partner with which one is having an affair)

Synonyms

• régulier/régulière

Derived terms

• légitime défense

Related terms

• illégitime
• légitimant
• légitimé
• légitimement
• légitimer
• légitimité

Descendants

• → Dutch: legitiem

Verb

légitime

1. inflection of légitimer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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