république
See also: republique and republiqué
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French republique (“republic”), borrowed from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ʁe.py.blik/
audio (file) - Homophone: républiques
NounEdit
république f (plural républiques)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “république”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.