apologie

English

Noun

apologie (plural apologies)

1. Archaic spelling of apology.
   • 1609, William Heale, An apologie for women, or, An opposition to Mr. Dr. G. his assertion, who held in the act at Oxforde, anno 1608, that it was lawfull for husbands to beate their wives‎^[1], Joseph Barnes:
   • 1659, John Evelyn, An apologie for the royal party : written in a letter to a person of the late Councel of State. By a lover of peace and of his country. With a touch at the pretended plea for the army‎^[2]:

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French apologie (from Latin) or directly Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.poː.loːˈɣi/

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• Hyphenation: apo‧lo‧gie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

apologie f (plural apologieën)

1. an apology (formal justification, defence)

Related terms

• apologeet
• apologetiek
• apologetisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: apologi

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin apologia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɔ.lɔ.ʒi/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

apologie f (plural apologies)

1. apology (formal justification, defence)

   faire l’apologie de quelque chose ― to defend something; to advocate for something

   • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎^[3]:

     Ce texte, qui devait entrer en vigueur à partir du 1er juillet, créait une obligation pour les plates-formes et les moteurs de recherche de retirer sous vingt-quatre heures – et même dans l’heure pour les images pédopornographiques et l’apologie du terrorisme – les contenus « manifestement illicites » qui leur sont signalés, sous peine d’amendes pouvant aller jusqu’à 1,25 million d’euros.

     This text, which will become enforced beginning at the 1st of July, creats an obligation for platforms and search engines to remove in under twenty-four hours — and even within the hour for pedophilic pornography and justifications of terrorism — "manifestly illegal" contents of which they are alerted, under penalty of fines which can go up to 1.25 million euros.

Related terms

• apologétique

Descendants

• → Dutch: apologie
  • → Indonesian: apologi
• → English: apology
• → Romanian: apologie

Further reading

• “apologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

apologie f

1. plural of apologia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French apologie.

Noun

apologie f (plural apologii)

1. apology

Declension

Declension of apologie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) apologie	apologia	(niște) apologii	apologiile
genitive/dative	(unei) apologii	apologiei	(unor) apologii	apologiilor
vocative	apologie, apologio		apologiilor