droit
English edit
Etymology edit
From French. Doublet of direct.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
droit (plural droits)
- (law) A legal right or entitlement.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French droit (spelled dreit in Early Old French, such as the Oaths of Strasbourg), inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus. Doublet of direct. In Middle French, it was for a time spelled droict to reflect the original Latin etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
droit m (plural droits)
- right (entitlement)
- Antonym: interdiction
- J’ai le droit de dormir. ― I have the right to sleep.
- law (study of law)
- Antonym: non-droit
- Il est étudiant en droit. ― He is a law student.
- (geometry) right angle
- Un angle de trois droits. ― An angle of 270 degrees.
Derived terms edit
- avoir droit
- avoir droit de cité
- ayant droit
- dans son bon droit
- Dieu et mon droit (God and my right; the motto of England)
- droit à l’image
- droit à l’oubli
- droit civil
- droit commun
- droit de cuissage
- droit de jambage
- droit de la guerre
- droit de l’homme
- droit de passage
- droit de vote
- droit divin
- droit du travail
- droit d’accise
- droit d’asile
- droit d’auteur
- droit d’hommes
- droit international
- droit pénal
- droit voisin
- droits de succession
- droits des animaux
- droits humains
- État de droit
- reprendre ses droits
- tous droits réservés
- voie de droit
- zone de non-droit
Adjective edit
droit (feminine droite, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droites)
- right (on the right-hand side)
- Antonym: gauche
- Donne-moi ta main droite. ― Give me your right hand.
- straight (not bent or crooked)
- (geometry) right (of an angle)
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Adverb edit
droit
- straight, straight on
- upright, straight, not bent or crooked
- Synonym: juste
- Tenez votre tête droit. ― Keep your head straight.
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Further reading edit
- “droit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
droit m (feminine singular droitte, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droittes)
- Alternative form of droict
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
droit oblique singular, m (oblique plural droiz or droitz, nominative singular droiz or droitz, nominative plural droit)
Adjective edit
droit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular droite)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Angevin: drait
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét
- Gallo: drait
- Middle French: droict (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: dreit
- Picard: droét
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret
- Walloon: droet
Adverb edit
droit
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:droit.
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