"département" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: départements [plural]
Etymology: From French département. Doublet of department. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|département}} French département, {{doublet|en|department}} Doublet of department Head templates: {{en-noun}} département (plural départements)
  1. An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county. Categories (topical): Administrative divisions Related terms: départemental Translations (administrative unit in various French-speaking countries): dépatman (Antillean Creole), departement [neuter] (Danish), departemento (Esperanto), departementti (Finnish), département [masculine] (French), Departement [neuter] (German), Département [neuter] (German), departement [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), departement [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), departamento [masculine] (Portuguese), департамент (departament) [masculine] (Russian), departamento [masculine] (Spanish), departement [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-département-en-noun-kEuX1MpU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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