théodicée
See also: theodicee
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + δίκη (díkē, “justice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te.ɔ.di.se/
Audio: (file)
Noun
théodicée f (plural théodicées)
Descendants
- → Czech: theodicea, teodicea
- → Dutch: theodicee
- → English: theodicy
- → Italian: teodicea
- → Polish: teodycea
- → Portuguese: teodiceia, teodicéia (pre-1990 spelling), theodiceia (obsolete)
- → Russian: теодице́я (teodicéja)
- → Spanish: teodicea
- → Tagalog: teodisea
- → Turkish: teodise
Further reading
- “théodicée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.