démarche

== English == === Alternative forms === demarche === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French démarche, from Middle French, from 12th century demarcher (“to march”), from Old French demarchier, from de- + marchier. Attested 1658, in sense “walk, step”; meaning “a diplomatic move” attested from 1670s. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /deɪˈmɑːʃ/ (US) IPA(key): /deɪˈmɑɹʃ/ Rhymes: -ɑːʃ === Noun === démarche (plural démarches) A diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse. A diplomatic note without a personal attribution conveying an official protest or request for support, less formal than a bout de papier or a note verbale but of similar status to an aide-mémoire. ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === From dé- +‎ marche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.maʁʃ/ Homophones: démarchent, démarches === Noun === démarche f (plural démarches) gait, walk step, procedure, move, intervention reasoning ==== Descendants ==== → English: démarche === Verb === démarche inflection of démarcher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “démarche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012