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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Élysée.
Proper noun
Élysée
- The official residence of the President of France.
- (by extension) The French government.
Translations
The official residence of the President of France
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Elysium n, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον n (Ēlúsion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Élysée m
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium
- the Élysée palace (official residence of the President of France)
- (metonymically) the French government
Usage notes
- In older French practice, capital letters did not take diacritics, so É becomes E. This was mostly done because of technical constraints. Formal orthotypography maintains the diacritics.
Descendants