athée

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French

Etymology

From Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.te/
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Adjective

athée (plural athées)

  1. atheistic

Noun

athée m or f by sense (plural athées)

  1. atheist
    • 1772, Paul-Henri Thiry (baron d') Holbach, Le Bon-Sens, ou, Idées Naturelles Opposées aux Idées Surnaturelles, London: Marc-Michel Rey, →LCCN, →OL, §30, page 22:
      Tous les enfans ſont des athées; ils n’ont aucune idée de Dieu: ſont-ils donc criminels à cauſe de cette ignorance?
      All children are born atheists; they have no idea of God. Are they then criminal on account of their ignorance?

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Etymology

From Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, godless, without God).

Noun

athée m or f (plural athées)

  1. (Jersey) atheist