montesquieu

Questions about montesquieu

What does montesquieu mean?

montesquieu means "French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)".

How many syllables are in montesquieu?

montesquieu has 5 syllables and divides as mon-te-squi-e-u under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for montesquieu?

Close synonyms include Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is montesquieu a common word?

montesquieu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.