citoyen

From Middle French citoyen, from Old French citoien, citeien, from earlier citeain, equivalent to cité + -ain (later confused with or influenced by the suffix -ien). Compare citadin, a borrowing from Italian.

• IPA^(key): /si.twa.jɛ̃/

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citoyen m (plural citoyens, feminine citoyenne)

1. citizen

citoyen (feminine singular citoyenne, masculine plural citoyens, feminine plural citoyennes)

1. citizen (attributive)
2. civic

• citoyennement

• civique

• “citoyen” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French citoien, citeain, from cité.

citoyen m (plural citoyens, feminine singular citoyenne, feminine plural citoyennes)

1. citizen

• French: citoyen