Élysée

See also: Elysée

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Élysée.

Proper noun

Élysée

1. The official residence of the President of France.
2. (by extension) The French government.

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French

Alternative forms

• Elysée

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Elysium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.li.ze/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Élysée m

1. (mythology) Elysium
2. the Élysée palace (official residence of the President of France)

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.