Égypte

See also: Egypte and Êgypte

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Egypte, from Old French Egypte, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.ʒipt/
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Proper noun

Égypte f

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

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.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Antillean Creole: Ejip, Éjip
  • Haitian Creole: Ejip
  • Bourbonnais Creole:
    • Réunion Creole French: Ézip
  • → Breton: Egipt
  • → Jarai: čar Êjĭp
  • → Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (ʼeeziip)
  • → Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)
  • → Lingala: Ejipte
  • → Malagasy: Ejipta
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