Saint-Empire romain germanique

French

Alternative forms

  • saint empire romain (literally “Roman holy empire”) (obsolete)
  • Saint-Empire romain de la nation germanique (literally “Roman Holy-Empire of the German[ic] Nation”)

Etymology

Literally, “Germanic Roman Holy-Empire”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.tɑ̃.piʁ ʁɔ.mɛ̃ ʒɛʁ.ma.nik/

Proper noun

Saint-Empire romain germanique m

  1. (historical) Holy Roman Empire (a former polity and medieval empire forming a loose conglomeration of largely independent mostly Germanic entities in Central Europe from at least 962 C.E. until 1806)

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