Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

republican

/ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
re-pub-li-can
IPA
/ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or belonging to a republic.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Republican.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

American usage

adj

Of or pertaining to the Republic of China's tenure on the Chinese mainland (1912-1949).

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an French républicainder. English republican From republic + -an, partly after French républicain.

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Inflected Forms

more republican (comparative) most republican (superlative) republicans (plural)

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Questions

How do you pronounce republican?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈpʌblɪkən/.
What does republican mean?
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism.
Where does republican come from?
It is traced to French.

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