Égypte

== French == === Alternative forms === Egypte Ægypte (archaic) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French Egypte, from Old French Egypte, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ʒipt/ === Proper noun === Égypte f Egypt (a country in North Africa and West 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 ==== pomme épineuse d'Égypte ==== Related terms ==== égyptien, Égyptien égyptologie égyptologue ==== 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 → Romanian: Egipt