anglais

See also: Anglais

FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Angle +‎ -ais (-ese).

PronunciationEdit

  • (France) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /ãɡlɛ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes:

NounEdit

anglais m (uncountable)

  1. English language
    Il parle anglais.He speaks English.

AdjectiveEdit

anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)

  1. English
    Il est anglais.He is English.
    Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais.This is not an English airplane
  2. (Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone
    Synonym: yankee

Usage notesEdit

  • anglais is often used to refer to all British people

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IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish englas, anglas f (a weak, mixed beverage, milk diluted with water; whey).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

anglais f (genitive singular anglaise)

  1. milk and water
  2. (of person) milksop

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MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anglais n-anglais hanglais not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65

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