département
English
noun
Definitions
- An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.
Etymology
Borrowed from French département (department).
Origin
French
département
Gloss
department
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- department English
- departementti Finnish
- Departement German
- département French
- départemental French
- départementaliser French
- департа́мент Russian
- departamento Spanish, Castilian
- departement Norwegian Bokmål
- departamento Portuguese
- departement Swedish
- departement Norwegian Nynorsk
- departement Danish
- departir Old French
- département Old French
- departament Catalan, Valencian
- دپارتمان Persian
- depatman Haitian, Haitian Creole