anglais

Angle +‎ -ais (“-ese”)

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ

anglais m (uncountable)

1. English language

   Il parle anglais ― He speaks English

anglais (feminine singular anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)

1. English

   Il est anglais ― He is English.

   Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. ― This is not an English airplane

2. (Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone.

   Synonym: yankee

• anglais is often used to refer to all British people

• anglophone
• Angleterre
• angliche
• anglaiser
• filer à l'anglaise

• → English: Angrez
• → Hindi: अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez)
• Tamil: Angileya ஆங்கிலேய
• → Wolof: Angale

• “anglais” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• alignas, glanais, sanglai, signala

• angarais, eanglais

From Old Irish englas, anglas f (“a weak, mixed beverage, milk diluted with water; whey”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋɡləʃ/

anglais f (genitive singular anglaise)

1. milk and water
2. (of person) milksop

• anglais tae (“weak, lukewarm, tea”)

• "anglais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “englas, anglas”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN