Equateur

See also: équateur, Équateur, and Êquateur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kwa.tœʁ/

Proper noun

Equateur m

1. Alternative form of Équateur: Ecuador (a country in South America)

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.

Related terms

• Equatorien, équatorien