Ancien Régime

See also: ancien regime and ancien régime

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.

Proper noun

Ancien Régime

(historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.

Translations

aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution

Galician: Antigo Réxime m
Greek: Παλαιό Καθεστώς n (Palaió Kathestós)
Portuguese: Ancien Régime m, ancien régime m
Russian: старый режим m (staryj režim)
Spanish: Antiguo Régimen m

French

Etymology

From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sjɛ̃ ʁe.ʒim/

Proper noun

Ancien Régime m

(historical) Ancien Régime

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Ancien Régime.

Proper noun

Ancien Régime m

(historical, politics) Ancien Régime (aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution)

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