Égée

French

Alternative forms

• Egée
• Ægée (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʒe/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Aegeus.

Proper noun

Égée m

1. Aegeus

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: Eje
• → Persian: اژه (eže)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin aegaeus, as it was used in Aegaeum mare (“the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos, “of or relating to Aegeus”).

Proper noun

l’Égée f

1. Ellipsis of la mer Égée (“the Aegean Sea”).

Usage notes

• 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

• égéen

See also

• Érythrée
• Méditerranée