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dignité

dignity

noun dee-nyee-TEH Less Common

Origin: Latin dignitas

Usage Note

Dignité is central to French civic and legal discourse — la dignité humaine (human dignity) is explicitly protected in the French constitution's preamble. The related adjective is digne (worthy, dignified). The phrase vivre dans la dignité means 'to live with dignity'.

Examples

"Il faut respecter la dignité de chacun."

Natural Translation

We must respect everyone's dignity.

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