États-Unis

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See also: Etats-Unis and Ètats-Unis

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From États (“states”) +‎ unis (“united”), calque of English United States.

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /e.ta.z‿y.ni/
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  • (Canada) IPA(key): /e.tɑ.zy.ni/, /e.tɔ.zy.ni/

Proper noun

(les) États-Unis m pl (plural only)

  1. United States (a country in North America)
    Les États-Unis sont un grand pays.
    The United States is a big country.

Usage notes

  • Unlike the English equivalent, États-Unis is always used as a plural noun.
  • 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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: Etazini

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