republic B1 Topic:Places & Geography US /ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #4539 Meanings 1 noun A country governed by elected representatives and a president rather than a king or queen. The United States is a republic, while Norway is a constitutional monarchy. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a country governed by... democracy Word family Forms republics Derived forms extrarepublicinterrepublicintrarepublicnonrepublicrepublicanrepublicanismrepublichoodrepublicismrepublicizerepublicwide Related forms commonwealth Etymology AI details From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”. republique Middle French rēspūblicā Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # republic **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 4539 ## Meanings 1. A country governed by elected representatives and a president rather than a king or queen. ## Examples - The United States is a republic, while Norway is a constitutional monarchy. ## Derived Forms - extrarepublic - interrepublic - intrarepublic - nonrepublic - republican - republicanism - republichood - republicism - republicize - republicwide ## Related Forms - commonwealth ## Roots and Affixes - Root: republique - Root: rēspūblicā ## Etymology From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”. ## AI Etymology Republic comes from Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”. Modern senses include a country governed by elected representatives and a president rather than a king or queen.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as extrarepublic, interrepublic, intrarepublic, nonrepublic, republican, and republicanism and related forms such as commonwealth. ## Topics - Places & Geography markdown