Egypte

See also: Égypte and Êgypte

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Egypten, ultimately from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), ultimately from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːˈɣɪp.tə/

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• Hyphenation: E‧gyp‧te
• Rhymes: -ɪptə

Proper noun

Egypte n

1. Egypt

Related terms

• Egyptenaar
• Egyptisch
• Egyptische
• Kopt
• Koptisch
• koptologie
• koptoloog

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Egipte

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʒipt/

Proper noun

Egypte f

1. Alternative form of Égypte

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.

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Middle French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Egypte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Aegyptus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Proper noun

Egypte f

1. Egypt (country)

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Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Aegyptus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Proper noun

Egypte f (nominative singular Egypte)

1. Egypt (country)

Descendants

• French: Egypte, Égypte
• Norman: Êgypte