# politique
## English
### Etymology 1

From French politique, from Latin politicus. Doublet of politic.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɒlətɪk/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɑlətɪk/
* Homophone: politic

#### Noun

politique (plural politiques)
* (chiefly derogatory) A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.
** 2012, Peter Marshall, “Occult Following”, in Literary Review, section 404:Modern historical assessments of Cecil have veered from that of the cynical, secular politique to the image of the committed Protestant ideologue […]

##### Synonyms

* politico

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

politique (comparative more politique, superlative most politique)
* Obsolete form of politic.
** 1579, John Lyly, Euphues and his England:And surely me thinketh we cannot better bestowe our time on the Sea, then in aduice how to behaue our selues when we come to the shore: for greater daunger is there to ariue in a straunge countrey where the inhabitauntes be politique, then to be tossed with the troublesome waues, where the Marriners be vnskilfull.
** 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Boldness”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:Politique Body

##### Derived terms

* body politique

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin polīticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ.li.tik/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

politique (plural politiques)
* political
    économie politique ― political economy
    parti politique ― political party
    prisonnier politique ― political prisoner
    homme politique ― male politician
    femme politique ― female politician
    sciences politiques ― political science
    rectitude politique ― political correctness

#### Derived terms

* apolitique
* géopolitique
* politiquement

#### Related terms

* politiser

#### Descendants

* → Polish: polityczny

### Noun

politique f (countable and uncountable, plural politiques)
* (uncountable) politics
    politique extérieure, politique étrangère ― foreign policy
    politique intérieure ― domestic policy
* (countable) policy
    politique de l’autruche ― ostrich policy
    politique du saucissonnage ― salami technique

#### Derived terms

* politicien

#### Descendants

* → German: Politik

### Noun

politique m or f by sense (plural politiques)
* politician
    Synonym: politicien

### Noun

politique m (uncountable)
* the political world, the political sphere; politicians taken collectively
    méfiance à l’égard du politique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Further reading

* “politique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norman
### Etymology

From Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολῑτικός (polītikós, “civic, constitutional, public”), from πόλις (pólis, “city”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Adjective

politique m or f
* (Jersey) political

### Noun

politique f (uncountable)
* (Jersey) politics

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /po.liˈt͡ʃi.ki/
* (Brazil) IPA: /po.liˈt͡ʃi.ki/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /po.liˈt͡ʃi.ke/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pu.liˈti.kɨ/

### Verb

politique
* inflection of politicar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative