légitime
See also: legitime, legitimé, and légitimé
English
Noun
légitime (plural légitimes)
- Alternative spelling of legitime
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lēgitimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le.ʒi.tim/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -im
- Homophone: légitimes
Adjective
légitime (plural légitimes)
- legitimate
Noun
légitime m or f by sense (plural légitimes)
- (dated, slang) one's regular sexual or romantic partner (as opposed to a partner with which one is having an affair)
Synonyms
- régulier/régulière
Derived terms
- légitime défense
Related terms
- illégitime
- légitimant
- légitimé
- légitimement
- légitimer
- légitimité
Verb
légitime
- inflection of légitimer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “légitime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.