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.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a country governed by... democracy

Word family

Forms republics

Derived forms extrarepublicinterrepublicintrarepublicnonrepublicrepublican republicanismrepublichoodrepublicismrepublicizerepublicwide

Related forms commonwealth

Simplified etymology

Republic entered English in the mid-16th century from Latin res public, meaning “the business of the people.” It shares the Latin root publicus with public and publish, and that root is related to people.

Etymology

From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.

republique Middle French rēspūblicā Latin

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# 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

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