département

[dey-par-tuh-mahn]

noun

French.

plural

départements 

1. department.

département

/ departəmɑ̃ /

noun

1. (in France) a major subdivision or branch of the administration of the government

Word History and Origins

Origin of département¹

C18: from départir to divide; see _depart

Example Sentences

Trouvé’s district, Seine-Saint-Denis, north of the city center, is the Paris département most affected by the Games.

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A French possession since 1841, the tiny island of Mayotte is now a département or county of the Republic which means, in theory, that the same rules apply there as in the Moselle or Maine-et-Loire, or anywhere else in France.

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The département of Lot in south-west France is one of the country's most rural.

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Igor Dekhtyarchuk, 23, was named in an indictment on March 16 by a federal grand jury in relation to operating "Marketplace A" since 2018, which sold "thousands of stolen login credentials, personal identifiable information, and authentication tools," according to the Departement of Justice.

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The Haute-Savoie département, home to resorts such as Chamonix and Avoriaz, recorded the highest coronavirus incidence rate in France this week at 485 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, while neighbouring Savoie – which includes Val d’Isère, Meribel and Les Arcs – was just behind on 365.

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