"constitution" meaning in French

See constitution in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ̃/, /kɒ̃ʊ̯̃s.t͡si.t͡sy.sjɒ̃ʊ̯̃/ [Quebec], /kɒ̃ʊ̯̃.si.sy.sjɒ̃ʊ̯̃/ [Quebec] Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-constitution.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-constitution.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-constitution.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-constitution.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-constitution.wav Forms: constitutions [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Proto-Italic *statuō Latin statuō Latin cōnstituō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin cōnstitūtiōlbor. Old French constitucion French constitution Inherited from Old French constitucion, a learned borrowing from Latin cōnstitūtiō, from cōnstituō + -tiō. By surface analysis, constituer + -tion. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:inh|fro:constitucion<id:law>|id=law|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Italic *status Proto-Italic *statuō Latin statuō Latin cōnstituō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin cōnstitūtiōlbor. Old French constitucion French constitution Inherited from Old French constitucion, a learned borrowing from Latin cōnstitūtiō, from cōnstituō + -tiō., {{surf|fr|constituer|-tion}} By surface analysis, constituer + -tion Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} constitution f (plural constitutions)
  1. constitution (formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions; legal document describing such a formal system) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-constitution-fr-noun-fdg~ESgr Categories (other): French entries with etymology texts, French entries with etymology trees, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ation, Pages with etymology trees, Government Disambiguation of French entries with etymology texts: 65 35 Disambiguation of French entries with etymology trees: 65 35 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ation: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 65 35 Disambiguation of Government: 100 0
  2. constitution (a person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-constitution-fr-noun-0SoLtckr Categories (other): Law Disambiguation of Law: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: constitutionnel

Inflected forms

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