États-Unis

== French == === Alternative forms === Etats-Unis (see usage notes) === Etymology === From États (“states”) +‎ unis (“united”), calque of English United States. === Pronunciation === (Europe) IPA(key): /e.ta.z‿y.ni/ (Canada) IPA(key): /e.tɑ.zʏ.ni/, /e.tɔ.zʏ.ni/ === Proper noun === (les) États-Unis m pl (plural only) United States (a country in North America) ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike the English equivalent, États-Unis is always used as a plural noun. 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 ==== États-Unien, états-unien États-Unis d'Amérique ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: اتازونی (etâzuni) Haitian Creole: Etazini === See also === === Anagrams === suintâtes