Élysée
See also: Elysée
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editÉlysée
- The official residence of the President of France.
- (by extension) The French government.
Translations
editFrench
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Elysium n, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον n (Ēlúsion).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editÉlysée m
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium
- the Élysée palace (official residence of the President of France)
- (metonymically) the French government
Usage notes
edit- 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
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- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with É
- English terms spelled with ◌́
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- en:French politics
- en:Paris
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Greek mythology
- fr:Roman mythology
- French metonyms
- fr:Mythological locations