États-Unis

See also: Etats-Unis

French

Alternative forms

Etats-Unis (see usage notes)

Etymology

états (“states”) +‎ unis (“united”), calque of English United States

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.ta.z‿y.ni/
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Proper noun

les États-Unis m pl

the United States (of America)
Les États-Unis sont un grand pays.
The United States is a big country.

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.

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