Etymology

département

Today it means: An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county. Full definition →

French département
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  1. French · borrowed fromdépartement
  2. English todaydépartement

From French département. Doublet of department.

Words from the same roots

Frenchdépartement all →

department

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.