English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɒlɪˈtiːk/

Noun

politique ‎(plural politiques)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
   • 2012, Peter Marshall, ‘Occult Following’, Literary Review 404:

     Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […].

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Adjective

politique ‎(comparative more politique, superlative most politique)

1. Obsolete form of politic.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.tik/

Adjective

politique m, f ‎(plural politiques)

1. political

Noun

politique f ‎(plural politiques)

1. (uncountable) politics
2. policy

Descendants

• German: Politik

Derived terms

• politicien
• homme politique
• femme politique

Norman

Etymology

From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός ‎(polītikós, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις ‎(pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

politique m, f

1. (Jersey) political

Noun

politique f ‎(uncountable)

1. (Jersey) politics