État

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See also: Etat, état, êtat, and etât

French[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /e.ta/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

État m (plural États)

  1. state, nation
  2. government

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.

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