Etat

See also: etat, état, êtat, etât, and État

French

Noun

Etat m (plural Etats)

1. Alternative spelling of État

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.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French état.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈtaː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

Etat m (strong, genitive Etats, plural Etats)

1. budget

   Synonyms: Budget, Haushalt, Staatshaushalt

Declension

Declension of Etat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Etat	die	Etats
genitive	eines	des	Etats	der	Etats
dative	einem	dem	Etat	den	Etats
accusative	einen	den	Etat	die	Etats

Further reading

• “Etat” in Duden online