Hexagone
See also: hexagone
French
FWOTD – 14 July 2018

l'Hexagone
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the shape of France; which roughly corresponds to a hexagon (hexagone in French).
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za.ɡɔn/
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Proper noun
l’Hexagone m
- mainland of France
- 1970, Robert Beauvais, L’hexagonal tel qu’on le parle:
- Qu’est-ce que l’Hexagone ? C’est la France. Mais le mot «France», entaché d’une affectivité suspecte, petite-bourgeoise, tend à basculer vers le folklore ; le langage contemporain lui préfère celui d’Hexagone qui, dans sa pureté fonctionnelle, semble mieux adapté à la définition d’une grande nation moderne.
- What is the "Hexagon"? It is France. But the word "France", blemished by a suspect, petit bourgeois affectivity, tends to fall into folklore; the contemporary language prefers "Hexagon", which, in its functional purity, seems better adapted to the definition of a great modern nation.
- 1975, “Hexagone”, in Amoureux de Paname, performed by Renaud:
- Être né sous le signe de l’Hexagone / C’est vraiment pas une sinécure / Et le roi des cons sur son trône / Il est français, ça j’en suis sûr
- Being born under the sign of Hexagon / It's not so much a sinecure / And the king of fools upon his throne / He's French, of that I'm sure
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