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département

département noun: an administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.

Noun

département (plural départements)

  1. An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.
    • On the other hand, the political–territorial pattern has been maintained but also redirected at the départemental level by the transformation of former ministerial départemental directorates into inter-ministerial units, under the supervision of the prefects of the département.2016, Philippe Bezes, “Challenges to French Public Administration: Mapping the Vitality of Its Knowledge Sources”, in Robert Elgie, Emiliano Grossman, Amy G[ale] Mazur, editors, The Oxford Handbook...

Forms of département

pluraldépartements

Origin of département

From French département. Doublet of department.

Questions about département

What does département mean?
Département means an administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.
What part of speech is département?
Département is a noun.
What is the plural of département?
The plural of département is départements.

Words near département in the dictionary

  1. dénouements
  2. dénoûment
  3. dép
  4. dépanneur
  5. dépanneurs
  6. département
  7. départemental
  8. départements
  9. dépeçage
  10. Dépor
  11. déps

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