États-Unis
See also: Etats-Unis and Ètats-Unis
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Etats-Unis (see usage notes)
Etymology
[edit]From États (“states”) + unis (“united”), calque of English United States.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Europe) IPA(key): /e.ta.z‿y.ni/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /e.tɑ.zʏ.ni/, /e.tɔ.zʏ.ni/
Audio (France): (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Proper noun
[edit](les) États-Unis m pl (plural only)
- United States (a country in North America)
- Les États-Unis sont un grand pays.
- The United States is a big country.
Usage notes
[edit]- Unlike the English equivalent, États-Unis is always used as a plural noun.
- 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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