États-Unis d'Amérique

== French == === Alternative forms === Etats-Unis d'Amérique === Etymology === Calque of English United States of America. === Pronunciation === (Europe) IPA(key): /e.ta.z‿y.ni d‿a.me.ʁik/ (Canada) IPA(key): /e.tɑ.zy.ni da.me.ʁɪk/, /e.tɔ.zy.ni da.me.ʁɪk/ === Proper noun === États-Unis d'Amérique m pl (plural only) United States of America (a country in North America) Synonyms: États-Unis, É-U, Amérique ==== 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.