anglais

See also: Anglais

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Angle +‎ -ais (“-ese”).

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/
    (Aquitaine, Normandy) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡle/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ã.ɡlɛ/
  • Audio (France):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Noun

anglais m (uncountable)

  1. English language
    Il parle anglais. ― He speaks English.

Adjective

anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)

  1. English
    Il est anglais. ― He is English.
    Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. ― This is not an English airplane.
  2. (Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone
    Synonym: yankee

Usage notes

  • anglais is often used to refer to all British people

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Wolof: Angale

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish englas, anglas f (“milk diluted with water”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaŋɡl̪ˠəʃ/, /ˈaŋɡlˠəʃ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈãːlˠəʃ/, /ˈãːl̪ˠəʃ/[2]

Noun

anglais f (genitive singular anglaise)

  1. milk and water
  2. milksop (of person)

Declension

Declension of anglais (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative anglais
vocative a anglais
genitive anglaise
dative anglais
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an anglais
genitive na hanglaise
dative leis an anglais
don anglais

Derived terms

  • anglais tae (“weak, lukewarm, tea”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of anglais
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anglais n-anglais hanglais not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “englas, anglas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

Further reading

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