légitime
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]légitime (plural légitimes)
- Alternative spelling of legitime
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French legit(t)ime (13th c.), borrowed from Latin lēgitimus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]légitime (plural légitimes)
Noun
[edit]légitime m or f by sense (plural légitimes)
- (dated, slang) one's regular sexual or romantic partner (as opposed to a partner with which one is having an affair)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: legitiem
Verb
[edit]légitime
- inflection of légitimer:
Further reading
[edit]- “légitime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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