dignité
French
Etymology
From Old French dignité, borrowed from Latin dignitas. Compare the inherited Old French deintié.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ɲi.te/, /di.ni.te/
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Noun
dignité f (plural dignités)
- dignity
Related terms
- digne
Further reading
- “dignité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dignitas, dignitatem. Cf. the inherited variant deintié.
Noun
dignité f (oblique plural dignitez, nominative singular dignité, nominative plural dignitez)
- dignity
Descendants
- → Middle English: dignitee
- English: dignity
- French: dignité