république

See also: republique and republiqué

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs (“affair”) + pūblica (“of the public”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.py.blik/

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• Homophone: républiques

Noun

république f (plural républiques)

1. republic

Derived terms

• républicain

Descendants

• German: Republik

Further reading

• “république” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).