édit
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ēdictum (“proclamation, edict”), the neuter of ēdictus, perfect passive participle of ēdīcō (“to publish, proclaim”), itself from ex (“out of, from”) + dīcō (“say”); cognate with Dutch edict, German Edikt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]édit m (plural édits)
- an edict, type of legislative and/or judicial proclamation, originally emanating from a Roman magistrate
- Synonyms: décret, loi, ordonnance, oukase/ukase, proclamation
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “édit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.