État

== French == === Alternative forms === état (generally proscribed) Etat === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ta/ === Noun === État m (plural États) state, nation government ==== 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 ==== === Further reading === “État”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012