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An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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From French département. Doublet of department.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Antillean Creole:
dépatman
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Danish:
departement
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Esperanto:
departemento
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Finnish:
departementti
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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French:
département
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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German:
Departement
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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German:
Département
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Norwegian Bokmål:
departement
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
departement
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Portuguese:
departamento
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Russian:
департамент
(departament)
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Spanish:
departamento
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
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Swedish:
departement
— administrative unit in various French-speaking countries