"démarche" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /deɪˈmɑːʃ/ [UK], /deɪˈmɑɹʃ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-démarche.wav [US] Forms: démarches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːʃ Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French démarche, from Middle French, from 12th century demarcher (“to march”), from Old French demarchier, from de- + marchier. Attested 1658, in sense “walk, step”; meaning “a diplomatic move” attested from 1670s. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|démarche}} Unadapted borrowing from French démarche, {{der|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{m|frm|demarcher||to march}} demarcher (“to march”), {{der|en|fro|demarchier}} Old French demarchier, {{m|fro|de-}} de-, {{m|fro|marchier}} marchier Head templates: {{en-noun}} démarche (plural démarches)
  1. A diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse. Categories (topical): Diplomacy Translations (a diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse): διάβημα (diávima) [neuter] (Greek), (diplomáciai) lépés (Hungarian), дема́рш (demárš) [masculine] (Macedonian), дема́рш (demárš) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-démarche-en-noun-FrHVQ1xY Disambiguation of Diplomacy: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'a diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse': 94 6
  2. A diplomatic note without a personal attribution conveying an official protest or request for support, less formal than a bout de papier or a note verbale but of similar status to an aide-mémoire. Categories (topical): Diplomacy Translations (type of diplomatic note): 照會 (Chinese Mandarin), 照会 (zhàohuì) (Chinese Mandarin), demars (Hungarian), tiltakozás (Hungarian), írott/írásbeli felszólítás (Hungarian), дема́рш (demárš) [masculine] (Macedonian), дема́рш (demárš) [masculine] (Russian), protesto notası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-démarche-en-noun-AgQHkeN1 Disambiguation of Diplomacy: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'type of diplomatic note': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demarche

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