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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French autorité, borrowed from Latin auctoritātem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.tɔ.ʁi.te/, /ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.te/
Noun
autorité f (plural autorités)
- authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders)
- authority (entity with power)
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin auctōritās.
Noun
autorité oblique singular, f (oblique plural autoritez, nominative singular autorité, nominative plural autoritez)
- authority
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