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Etat

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See also: etat, état, êtat, etât, and État

French

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Noun

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Etat m (plural Etats)

  1. alternative spelling of État

Usage notes

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  • 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.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French état.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈtaː/
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  • Rhymes: -aː

Noun

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Etat m (strong, genitive Etats, plural Etats)

  1. budget
    Synonyms: Budget, Haushalt, Staatshaushalt
    • 2024 July 2, Maxi Broecking, “Fotografiefestival in Arles: Ironie ist eine Strategie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Der Etat des wichtigen, internationalen Fotografiefestivals sei zwar gesunken, aber dank privater Förderer sei man nicht nur auf staatliche Gelder angewiesen, so Christoph Wiesner.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Etat” in Duden online
  • Etat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache