Éthiopie

See also: Ethiopie, Ethiopië, and Êthiopie

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aethiopia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.tjɔ.pi/
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Proper noun

Éthiopie f

  1. 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.

Descendants

  • → Khmer: អេត្យូពី (ʼeetyoupii)
  • → Lao: ເອທິໂອປີ (ʼē thi ʼō pī)
  • → Persian: اتیوپی (etyupi)
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