droit

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See also: Droit

English

Etymology

From French. Doublet of direct.

Pronunciation

Noun

droit (plural droits)

  1. (law) A legal right or entitlement.

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French droit (spelled dreit in Early Old French, such as the Oaths of Strasbourg), inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus. Doublet of direct. In Middle French, it was for a time spelled droict to reflect the original Latin etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁwa/ ~ /dʁwɑ/
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Noun

droit m (plural droits)

  1. right (entitlement)
    Antonym: interdiction
    J’ai le droit de dormir. ― I have the right to sleep.
  2. law (study of law)
    Antonym: non-droit
    Il est étudiant en droit. ― He is a law student.
  3. (geometry) right angle
    Un angle de trois droits. ― An angle of 270 degrees.

Derived terms

Adjective

droit (feminine droite, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droites)

  1. right (on the right-hand side)
    Antonym: gauche
    Donne-moi ta main droite. ― Give me your right hand.
  2. straight (not bent or crooked)
    Antonyms: courbé, tordu
    Une rue droite. ― A straight road.
  3. (geometry) right (of an angle)

Derived terms

Adverb

droit

  1. straight, straight on
  2. upright, straight, not bent or crooked
    Synonym: juste
    Tenez votre tête droit. ― Keep your head straight.

Further reading

Middle French

Adjective

droit m (feminine singular droitte, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droittes)

  1. Alternative form of droict

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus.

Pronunciation

  • (Old French) IPA(key): /ˈdɾoi̯t/
  • (Late Old French) IPA(key): /ˈdɾo̯et/

Noun

droit oblique singular, m (oblique plural droiz or droitz, nominative singular droiz or droitz, nominative plural droit)

  1. justice, right (that which is just)

Adjective

droit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular droite)

  1. right; correct; justified
  2. right (on the right-hand side)

Declension

Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject droiz, droits droite droit
oblique droit droite droit
plural subject droit droites droit
oblique droiz, droits droites droit

Descendants

  • Angevin: drait
  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét
  • Gallo: drait
  • Middle French: droict (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: dreit
  • Picard: droét
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret
  • Walloon: droet

Adverb

droit

  1. rightly; justly
  2. directly

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