département

See also: departement, Departement, and dêpartément

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French département.

Noun

département (plural départements)

An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.

Translations

administrative unit in various French-speaking countries

Antillean Creole: dépatman
Esperanto: departemento
French: département (fr) m

German: Departement (de) n
Portuguese: departamento (pt) m

French

Etymology

From Old French département, from departir +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃/
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Noun

département m (plural départements)

Derived terms

départemental

Further reading

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

Anagrams

empétardent

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