anglais
See also: Anglais
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editanglais m (uncountable)
- English language
- Il parle anglais. ― He speaks English.
Adjective
editanglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)
- English
- Il est anglais. ― He is English.
- Ceci n’est pas un avion anglais. ― This is not an English airplane.
- (Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone
- Synonym: yankee
Usage notes
edit- anglais is often used to refer to all British people
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Wolof: Angale
Further reading
edit- “anglais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editIrish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish englas, anglas f (“milk diluted with water”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanglais f (genitive singular anglaise)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- anglais tae (“weak, lukewarm, tea”)
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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anglais | n-anglais | hanglais | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “englas, anglas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anglais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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