anglais
See also: Anglais
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anglais m (uncountable)
- English language
- Il parle anglais. ― He speaks English.
Adjective edit
anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)
- English
- Il est anglais. ― He is English.
- Ceci n’est pas un avion anglais. ― This is not an English airplane.
- (Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone
- Synonym: yankee
Usage notes edit
- anglais is often used to refer to all British people
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “anglais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish englas, anglas f (“milk diluted with water”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anglais f (genitive singular anglaise)
Declension edit
Declension of anglais
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- anglais tae (“weak, lukewarm, tea”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anglais | n-anglais | hanglais | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “englas, anglas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anglais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN