États-Unis
See also: Etats-Unis and Ètats-Unis
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- Etats-Unis (see usage notes)
Etymology edit
From États (“states”) + unis (“united”), calque of English United States.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
(les) États-Unis m pl (plural only)
- United States (a country in North America)
- Les États-Unis sont un grand pays.
- The United States is a big country.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: Etazini
See also edit
- (countries of North America) pays de l'Amérique du Nord; Antigua-et-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbade, Canada, Cuba, Dominique, États-Unis, Grenade, Haïti, Jamaïque, Mexique, République dominicaine, Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès, Saint-Vincent-et-Grenadines, Sainte-Lucie, Trinité-et-Tobago (Category: fr:Countries in North America)