See also: Ethiopie, Ethiopië, and Êthiopie

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Aethiopia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.tjɔ.pi/
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Proper noun

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Éthiopie f

  1. Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)

Usage notes

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  • 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.
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Descendants

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