États-Unis d'Amérique

See also: Etats-Unis d'Amérique

French

Alternative forms

• Etats-Unis d’Amérique

Etymology

Calque of English United States of America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ta.z‿y.ni d‿a.me.ʁik/

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Proper noun

États-Unis d’Amérique m pl (plural only)

1. United States of America (a country in North America)

   Synonyms: États-Unis, É-U, Amérique

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.