mot d'ordre

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Etymology

Borrowed from French mot d’ordre.

Pronunciation

Noun

mot d'ordre (plural mots d'ordre)

  1. A watchword or slogan; a statement of policy, a plan.
    • 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 238:
      With the outbreak of full-scale war, the army received strict instructions to avoid set-piece battles with the French […]. Guerrilla warfare was the mot d'ordre.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

mot d’ordre m (plural mots d’ordre)

  1. watchword

Descendants

  • Dutch: ordewoord (calque)