Épernay

== English == === Proper noun === Épernay A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France. == French == === Alternative forms === Epernay Épernai, Epernai (both archaic) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.pɛʁ.nɛ/ === Proper noun === Épernay ? a town in Marne department, France ==== 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.