Équateur

See also: Equateur, équateur, and Êquateur

French

Alternative forms

• Equateur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.kwa.tœʁ/

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Proper noun

Équateur m

1. 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

• Équatorien, équatorien