autocéphale

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτοκέφαλος (autoképhalos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.se.fal/, /ɔ.tɔ.se.fal/

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Adjective

autocéphale (plural autocéphales)

1. autocephalous (fully independent of the authority of any other church)

Further reading

• “autocéphale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.