Ancien Régime
See also: ancien regime and ancien régime
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
Proper noun
Ancien Régime
- (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
Translations
aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution
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French
Etymology
From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sjɛ̃ ʁe.ʒim/
Proper noun
Ancien Régime m
- (historical) Ancien Régime
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French Ancien Régime.
Proper noun
Ancien Régime m
- (historical, politics) Ancien Régime (aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution)