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avoir droit de cité

French, verb/a.vwaʁ dʁwa d(ə) si.te/

avoir droit de cité is a French verb meaning “to have citizenship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être admissible”.

What does avoir droit de cité mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to have citizenship

  2. 2

    to have one's rightful place; to belong; to be acceptable, to be admissible

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Être admissible.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of avoir droit de cité

  • avoir le droit de cité

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce avoir droit de cité?

  • /a.vwaʁ dʁwa d(ə) si.te/
  • \a.vwaʁ dʁwa də si.te\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.