Etats-Unis d'Amérique

See also: États-Unis d'Amérique

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ta.zy.ni d‿a.me.ʁik/

Proper noun

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

1. Alternative form of États-Unis d’Amérique: United States of America (a country in North America)

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.