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état in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French estat, borrowed from Latin stātus (whence also the past participle été).
Pronunciation
Noun
état m (plural états)
- state, condition
- (generally proscribed) Alternative letter-case form of État
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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·état
- third-person plural present indicative prototonic of ad·cota
- third-person plural present subjunctive prototonic of ad·cota
Mutation
Mutation of état
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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·état
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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·n-état
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.