autorité

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French autorité, borrowed from Latin auctoritātem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.tɔ.ʁi.te/, /ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.te/
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Noun

autorité f (plural autorités)

  1. authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders)
  2. authority (entity with power)

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auctōritās.

Noun

autorité oblique singularf (oblique plural autoritez, nominative singular autorité, nominative plural autoritez)

  1. authority

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