politique
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From French politique, from Latin politicus. Doublet of politic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
politique (plural politiques)
- (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
- 2012, Peter Marshall, “Occult Following”, in Literary Review, section 404:
- Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […]
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dubious politician
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Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)
- 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
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
politique (plural politiques)
Noun edit
politique f (plural politiques)
Derived terms edit
- économie politique
- politicien
- homme politique
- femme politique
- parti politique
- politique de l’autruche
- politique du saucissonnage
- politique politicienne
- prisonnier politique
- rectitude politique
Descendants edit
- → German: Politik
- → Polish: polityczny
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
politique m or f by sense (plural politiques)
- politician
- Synonym: politicien
Further reading edit
- “politique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (polītikós, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις (pólis, “city”).
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Audio (Jersey) (file)
Adjective edit
politique m or f
Noun edit
politique f (uncountable)
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Verb edit
politique
- inflection of politicar: