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DROIT translate: straight, straight, honest, straight on, right, right, right, law, fee, entitlement, fee, place…. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary.
noun. ˈdrȯit ˈdrwä. : a legal right. Word History. Etymology. Middle English, from Anglo-French dreit, droit, from Medieval Latin directum, from Late Latin, neuter of directus just, from Latin, direct — more at dress. First Known Use. 15th century, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of droit was in the 15th century.
Droit definition: a legal right or claim.. See examples of DROIT used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a legal right. 2. that to which one has legal claim. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. ME < OFr < ML directum, right, justice < L directus: see direct. Word Frequency. droit in American English. (drɔit, French dʀwa)
masculine noun. 1. right. les droits de l’homme human rights. avoir le droit de faire quelque chose to be allowed to do something. On n’a pas le droit de fumer à l’école. We’re not allowed to smoke at school. 2. law. faire son droit to study law. un étudiant en droit a law student.
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1. A legal right. 2. Something to which one has legal right. [Middle English, a fee allowed by law, from Old French, right, from Late Latin dīrēctum, from neuter of Latin dīrēctus, straight; see direct .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
