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département

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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History

Etymology

From French département. Doublet of department.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Antillean Creole: dépatman — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Danish: departement — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Esperanto: departemento — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Finnish: departementti — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • French: département — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • German: Departement — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • German: Département — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Norwegian Bokmål: departement — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: departement — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Portuguese: departamento — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Russian: департамент (departament) — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Spanish: departamento — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries
  • Swedish: departement — administrative unit in various French-speaking countries