dignité

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French dignité, borrowed from Latin dignitātem. Compare the inherited Old French deintié.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ɲi.te/, /di.ni.te/
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  • Hyphenation: di‧gni‧te

Noun

dignité f (plural dignités)

  1. dignity

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dignitas, dignitatem. Cf. the inherited variant deintié.

Noun

dignité oblique singularf (oblique plural dignitez, nominative singular dignité, nominative plural dignitez)

  1. dignity

Descendants

  • Middle English: dignitee
  • French: dignité