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liberté, égalité, fraternité

[ lee-ber-tey, ey-ga-lee-tey, fra-ter-nee-tey ]

/ li bɛrˈteɪ, eɪ ga liˈteɪ, fra tɛr niˈteɪ /

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French.

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: motto of the French Revolution.

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Example sentences from the Web for liberté, égalité, fraternité

The brave young Egalite has a most wild Morrow to look for; but now only himself to carry through it.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
And poor Orleans Egalite himself, for one begins to pity even him, what does he do with them?
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle
Now we saw the French tri-color proudly floating over our German heads, and on it we read, in large letters of gold—Liberte!
Louisa Of Prussia and Her Times|Louise Muhlbach
Were alle yclothed in o livere Of a solempne and grete fraternite.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History|Henry Coppee

As much, moreover, as he had hated the father did the Prince de Conde detest Egalite's son.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure

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