mot d'ordre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mot d'ordre.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌməʊˈdɔːdɹə/

Noun

mot d'ordre (plural mots d'ordre)

  1. A watchword or slogan; a statement of policy, a plan. [from 19th c.]
    • 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 238:
      With the outbreak of full-scale war, the army received strict instructions to avoid set-piece battles with the French […]. Guerrilla warfare was the mot d'ordre.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mo d‿ɔʁdʁ/

Noun

mot d'ordre m (plural mots d'ordre)

  1. watchword

Descendants

  • → Dutch: ordewoord (calque)
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