name
Vichy
VEE-shee
name
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The French collaborationist government based in the town of Vichy during the German occupation in the Second World War.
"Vichy France cooperated with Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1944."
noun
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(often lowercase, disapproving) Describing a government or regime seen as a puppet of, or collaborator with, an occupying power.
"Critics dismissed the new administration as a vichy government propped up by foreign interests."
How to Use Vichy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRefers either to the WWII-era collaborationist French government, or more broadly (as an adjective) to any regime seen as collaborating with an occupier.
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Etymology
Named after the French town of Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, itself derived from a Latin place name.