département

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See also: departement, Departement, Département, and dêpartément

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Etymology

From French département. Doublet of department.

Noun

département (plural départements)

  1. An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.
    • 2016, Philippe Bezes, “Challenges to French Public Administration: Mapping the Vitality of Its Knowledge Sources”, in Robert Elgie, Emiliano Grossman, Amy G[ale] Mazur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of French Politics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part III (Institutions), page 265:
      On the other hand, the political–territorial pattern has been maintained but also redirected at the départemental level by the transformation of former ministerial départemental directorates into inter-ministerial units, under the supervision of the prefects of the département.

Translations

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French departement, from departir +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃/
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Noun

département m (plural départements)

  1. department
  2. département

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