Angleterre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Angleterre, Engleterre, from Old French Engleterre, calque of Old English Engla land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlə.tɛʁ/

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Proper noun

Angleterre f

1. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
2. (informal, often proscribed) England (informal name of the United Kingdom, a country in Western Europe)

   Synonym: Royaume-Uni

Derived terms

• Angleterre du Nord-Est
• point d’Angleterre

Related terms

• anglais, Anglais, Nouvelle-Angleterre

Descendants

• Italian: Inghilterra
  • → Arabic: إِنْجِلْتِرَا (ʔinjiltirā)
  • → Maltese: Ingilterra
  • → Ottoman Turkish: انكلتره
    • > Turkish: İngiltere (inherited)
      • → Azerbaijani: İngiltərə

Anagrams

• régalèrent

Middle French

Alternative forms

• Engleterre

Proper noun

Angleterre f

1. England (a country in the United Kingdom)

Descendants

• > French: Angleterre (inherited)
  • Italian: Inghilterra
    • → Arabic: إِنْجِلْتِرَا (ʔinjiltirā)
    • → Maltese: Ingilterra
    • → Ottoman Turkish: انكلتره
      • > Turkish: İngiltere (inherited)
        • → Azerbaijani: İngiltərə