Polyglot Dictionary

népotisme

/nepɔtism/

le noun C1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. nepotism (favoritism toward relatives or friends in appointments)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Connotation négative; registre formel et journalistique.

Practice

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