Ancien Régime

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794. === Proper noun === the Ancien Régime (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789. (historical, by extension) Any other political system overthrown in the wake of the French Revolution. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sjɛ̃ ʁe.ʒim/ === Proper noun === l'Ancien Régime m (historical) Ancien Régime == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French Ancien Régime. === Proper noun === o Ancien Régime m (historical, politics) Ancien Régime (aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution)