Éthiopien

See also: Ethiopien and éthiopien

French

Alternative forms

Ethiopien
Æthiopien (archaic)

Etymology

From Éthiopie +‎ -ien.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Éthiopien m (plural Éthiopiens, feminine Éthiopienne)

an Ethiopian

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.

Further reading

“Éthiopien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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