See also: Anglais

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Angle +‎ -ais (-ese).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anglais m (uncountable)

  1. English language
    Il parle anglais.He speaks English.

Adjective

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anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)

  1. English
    Il est anglais.He is English.
    Ceci n’est pas un avion anglais.This is not an English airplane.
  2. (Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone
    Synonym: yankee

Usage notes

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  • anglais is often used to refer to all British people

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish englas, anglas f (milk diluted with water).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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anglais f (genitive singular anglaise)

  1. milk and water
  2. milksop (of person)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “englas, anglas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

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