Equateur

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.kwa.tœʁ/ === Proper noun === Equateur m alternative form of Équateur: Ecuador (a country in South America) ==== 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. ==== Related terms ==== Equatorien, équatorien