politique

English

Etymology 1

From French politique, from Latin politicus. Doublet of politic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlətɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlətɪk/
• Homophone: politic

Noun

politique (plural politiques)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
   • 2012, Peter Marshall, ‘Occult Following’, Literary Review 404:

     Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […]

Synonyms

• politico

Translations

dubious politician

• French: politicard m

Etymology 2

Adjective

politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)

1. Obsolete form of politic.
   • 1579, John Lyly, Euphues and his England:

     And surely me thinketh we cannot better bestowe our time on the Sea, then in aduice how to behaue our selues when we come to the shore: for greater daunger is there to ariue in a straunge countrey where the inhabitauntes be politique, then to be tossed with the troublesome waues, where the Marriners be vnskilfull.

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Boldness”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     Politique Body

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.tik/

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Etymology 1

From Latin politicus.

Adjective

politique (plural politiques)

1. political

Noun

politique f (plural politiques)

1. (uncountable) politics
2. policy

Derived terms

• économie politique
• politicien
• homme politique
• femme politique
• parti politique
• politique de l'autruche
• politique du saucissonnage
• politique politicienne
• prisonnier politique
• rectitude politique

Descendants

• German: Politik

Etymology 2

Noun

politique m or f by sense (plural politiques)

1. politician

   Synonym: politicien

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (polītikós, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

politique m or f

1. (Jersey) political

Noun

politique f (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) politics