anglais
See also: Anglais
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/
audio (France) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ
Adjective
anglais (feminine singular 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
- anglais is often used to refer to all British people
Related terms
Further reading
- “anglais” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Alternative forms
- angarais, eanglais
Etymology
From Old Irish englas, anglas f (“a weak, mixed beverage, milk diluted with water; whey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋɡləʃ/
Declension
Declension of anglais
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- anglais tae (“weak, lukewarm, tea”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| anglais | n-anglais | hanglais | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "anglais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “englas, anglas”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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