Égypte

See also: Egypte and Êgypte

French

Alternative forms

• Egypte
• Ægypte (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Egypte, from Old French Egypte, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʒipt/

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Proper noun

Égypte f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

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.

Derived terms

• pomme épineuse d’Égypte

Related terms

• égyptien, Égyptien
• égyptologie
• égyptologue

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: Ejip, Éjip
• Haitian Creole: Ejip
• Bourbonnais Creole:
  • Réunion Creole French: Ézip
• → Breton: Egipt
• → Jarai: čar Êjĭp
• → Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (ʼeeziip)
• → Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
• → Lingala: Ejipte
• → Malagasy: Ejipta