Éthiopie

See also: Ethiopie, Ethiopië, and Êthiopie

French

Alternative forms

• Ethiopie
• Æthiopie (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aethiopia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tjɔ.pi/

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Proper noun

Éthiopie f

1. Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)

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

• éthiopien, Éthiopien

Descendants

• → Khmer: អេត្យូពី (ʼeetyoupii)
• → Lao: ເອທິໂອປີ (ʼē thi ʼō pī)
• → Persian: اتیوپی (etyupi)