droit

Inherited from Old French droit (spelled dreit in Early Old French), inherited from Vulgar Latin *drēctus, syncopated form of Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direct. In Middle French, it was for a time spelled droict to reflect the original Latin etymology.

• IPA^(key): /dʁwɑ/

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droit m (plural droits)

1. right (entitlement)

   J'ai le droit de dormir.

   I have the right to sleep

2. law (study of law)

   Il est étudiant en droit.

   He is a law student

3. (geometry) right angle

   Un angle de trois droits.

   An angle of 270 degrees.

• (right): interdiction (forbidding)
• (law): non-droit (not in law)

droit (feminine singular droite, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droites)

1. right (on the right-hand side)

   Donne-moi ta main droite.

   Give me your right hand.

2. straight (not bent or crooked)

   Une rue droite.

   A straight road.

3. (geometry) right (of an angle)

• (right): gauche
• (straight) : courbé, tordu

droit

1. straight, straight on
2. upright, straight, not bent or crooked

   Tenez votre tête droit

   Keep your head straight

• (upright, straight): juste

• endroit

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

droit m (feminine singular droitte, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droittes)

1. Alternative form of droict

• dreit, droict

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *drectus, syncopated form of Latin dīrectus.

• (Early Old French) IPA^(key): /dreit/
• (Old French) IPA^(key): /droit/
• (Late Old French) IPA^(key): /dro̯e(t)/

droit m (oblique plural droiz or droitz, nominative singular droiz or droitz, nominative plural droit)

1. justice, right (that which is just)

droit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular droite)

1. right; correct; justified
2. right (on the right-hand side)

• Middle French: droict, droit
  • French: droit
    • ⇒ French: adroit
      • → English: adroit
      • → German: adrett
        • → Danish: adræt
• Norman: drouait, drait
• Walloon: droet

droit

1. rightly; justly
2. directly

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:droit.

• endroit