Érythrée

== French == === Alternative forms === Erythrée === Etymology === From Latin erythraeus, as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian l'Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ʁi.tʁe/ === Proper noun === l'Érythrée f (obsolete or historical) ellipsis of la mer Érythrée (“the Erythraean Sea”) Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea) [from 20th c.] ==== 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 ==== érythréen ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: Eritre → Persian: اریتره (eritre) → Turkish: Eritre === See also === Égée Méditerranée