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anglais

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See also: Anglais

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle French anglois, from Old French anglois. By surface analysis, Angle (“Angle”) +‎ -ais (“-ese”).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    anglais (feminine anglaise, masculine plural anglais, feminine plural anglaises)

    1. English
      Il est anglais. ― He is English.
      Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. ― This is not an English airplane.
    2. (Louisiana) Anglo-American or Anglophone
      Synonym: yankee

    Usage notes

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    Loosely, anglais is often used to refer to all British people.

    Derived terms

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    Noun

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    anglais m (uncountable)

    1. English (language)
      Synonym: (literary, figurative) langue de Shakespeare
      Il parle anglais. ― He speaks English.

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    Descendants

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    • > Haitian Creole: angle (inherited)
    • → Wolof: Angale

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    Irish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Old Irish englas, anglas f (“milk diluted with water”).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    anglais f (genitive singular anglaise, uncountable)

    1. milk and water
    2. milksop (of person)

    Declension

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    Declension of anglais (second declension, no plural)
    bare forms
    singular
    nominative anglais
    vocative a anglais
    genitive anglaise
    dative anglais
    forms with the definite article
    singular
    nominative an anglais
    genitive na hanglaise
    dative leis an anglais
    don anglais

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of anglais
    radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
    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

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    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “englas, anglas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

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