Etats-Unis
See also: Ètats-Unis and États-Unis
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
edit- Alternative spelling of États-Unis (“United States (a country in North America)”)
Usage notes
edit- 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.
- Usually used with an article: les Etats-Unis.