Érythrée
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French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /e.ʁi.tʁe/
Audio: (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin erythraeus, as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian l'Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”).
Proper noun
[edit]l'Érythrée f
- (obsolete or historical) ellipsis of la mer Érythrée (“the Erythraean Sea”)
- 1730, Traitez géographiques et historiques[1], pages 40–41:
- En ſecond lieu, ſi l’on dit que les Tyriens ſe ſervirent du même expedient dont commença à uſer Cléopatre après la Bataille d’Actium, & que ces Vaiſſeaux furent tranſportez à force de Bras, & d’Argent, de la mer Mediterranée dans l’Erythrée, l’intervalle de l’une à l’autre n’étant que de trois cens ſtades ; la choſe ne paroîtra pas non plus incroyable.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1886, Géographie de Strabon[2], pages 95–96:
- [...] il se demande [...] comment il a pu se faire au contraire que l'Érythrée ait conservé son niveau sans baisser.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea) [from 20th c.]
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραία (Eruthraía).
Proper noun
[edit]Érythrée f
- (historical) Erythraea (a town in ancient Crete)
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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