république
See also: republique and republiqué
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French republique (“republic”), borrowed from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.py.blik/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophone: républiques
Noun
république f (plural républiques)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “république”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.