department

Senso (Inglese)

  1. A part, portion, or subdivision.
  2. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
  3. A specified aspect or quality.
  4. A subdivision of an organization.
  5. A subdivision of an organization.
  6. A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
  7. (historical) A military subdivision of a country
  8. (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département.

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