republic

== English == === Alternative forms === republick, republique (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/, /ɹəˈpʌb.lɪk/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʊb.lɪk/, /ɹəˈpʊb.lɪk/ Hyphenation: re‧pub‧lic === Noun === republic (plural republics) A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy. (archaic) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate. One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast. One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === commonwealth republic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Further reading === “republic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “republic”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “republic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [reˈpublik] === Verb === republic first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of republica