Ethiopie

See also: Ethiopië, Éthiopie, and Êthiopie

French

Proper noun

Ethiopie f

1. alternative form of Éthiopie: Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)

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.