fonctionnaire

French

Etymology

From fonction +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɔ̃k.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
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Noun

fonctionnaire m or f by sense (plural fonctionnaires)

civil servant, official
Synonym: agent de l’État

Derived terms

haut fonctionnaire

Descendants

→ Portuguese: funcionário

Further reading

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

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