démarche

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See also: demarche and démarché

English

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French démarche, from Middle French, from 12th century demarcher (“to march”), from Old French demarchier, from de- + marchier.

Attested 1658, in sense “walk, step”; meaning “a diplomatic move” attested from 1670s.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /deɪˈmɑːʃ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /deɪˈmɑɹʃ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʃ

Noun

démarche (plural démarches)

  1. A diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse.
  2. A diplomatic note without a personal attribution conveying an official protest or request for support, less formal than a bout de papier or a note verbale but of similar status to an aide-mémoire.
    • 2009, Ivor Roberts, Satow's Diplomatic Practice, 6th edition, page 54:
      A less formal way of making diplomatic representations or protests is called a démarche. The following from the US Department of State handbook sets out the typical procedures and purposes of a démarche.
    • 2012, Sotiris Rizas, The Rise of the Left in Southern Europe: Anglo-American Responses, unnumbered page:
      He did not question the Communist Party's conformity to Moscow, but he thought that the impact of a démarche would be limited since the Portuguese Communists could not afford to tone down their policies lest they be outflanked from the left.
    • 2014, Katrin Kinzelbach, The EU's Human Rights Dialogue with China: Quiet Diplomacy and Its Limits‎, page 99:
      The EU made a démarche on 16 April 2003 calling for the continuation of discussions regarding this so-called “follow-up mechanism”, but beyond the one-off meeting, the mechanism never took off and was soon forgotten due to staff changes within the EU bureaucracy.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “démarche”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “démarche”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ marche.

Pronunciation

Noun

démarche f (plural démarches)

  1. gait, walk
  2. step, procedure, move, intervention
  3. reasoning

Descendants

  • → English: démarche

Verb

démarche

  1. inflection of démarcher:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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