machiavélien
French, adjective/ma.kja.ve.ljɛ̃/
machiavélien is a French adjective meaning “Machiavellian (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui découle ou s’apparente à la pensée de Nicolas Machiavel”.
What does machiavélien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Machiavellian (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui découle ou s’apparente à la pensée de Nicolas Machiavel.
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 machiavélien
- machiavélienne feminine
- machiavéliens masculine plural
- machiavéliennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machiavélien?
- /ma.kja.ve.ljɛ̃/
- \ma.kja.ve.ljɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machiavélien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.