anglais
التعريفات والمعاني
== French ==
=== Alternative forms ===
anglois (archaic)
=== Etymology ===
From Angle + -ais (“-ese”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(France) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/
(Aquitaine, Normandy) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡle/
(Canada) IPA(key): /ã.ɡlɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ
=== Noun ===
anglais m (uncountable)
English language
Il parle anglais. ― He speaks English.
=== Adjective ===
anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)
English
Il est anglais. ― He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. ― This is not an English airplane.
(Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone
Synonym: yankee
==== Usage notes ====
anglais is often used to refer to all British people
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Wolof: Angale
=== Further reading ===
“anglais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
alignas, glanais, sanglai, signala
== Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
angarais, eanglais
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish englas, anglas f (“milk diluted with water”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈaŋɡl̪ˠəʃ/, /ˈaŋɡlˠəʃ/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈãːlˠəʃ/, /ˈãːl̪ˠəʃ/
=== Noun ===
anglais f (genitive singular anglaise)
milk and water
milksop (of person)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
anglais tae (“weak, lukewarm, tea”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “anglais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN