région
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin regiōnem. Compare the inherited Old French reiun, rëon, royon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrégion f (plural régions)
- region; area
- a political subdivision of France and some other Francophone countries, bigger than a département
Descendants
edit- → Romanian: regiune
Further reading
edit- “région”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.