États-Unis

See also: Etats-Unis and Ètats-Unis

French

Alternative forms

• Etats-Unis (see usage notes)

Etymology

From États (“states”) +‎ unis (“united”), calque of English United States.

Pronunciation

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /e.ta.z‿y.ni/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /e.tɑ.zy.ni/, /e.tɔ.zy.ni/

• Audio (France):

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Proper noun

(les) États-Unis m pl (plural only)

1. United States (a country in North America)

   Les États-Unis sont un grand pays.

   The United States is a big country.

Usage notes

• 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

• États-Unien, états-unien
• États-Unis d’Amérique

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: Etazini

See also

• (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)}

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