anglais
See also: Anglais
French
Alternative forms
- anglois (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /ãɡlɛ/
audio (France) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ
Adjective
anglais (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
- anglais is often used to refer to all British people
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “anglais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Alternative forms
- angarais, eanglais
Etymology
From Old Irish englas, anglas f (“a weak, mixed beverage, milk diluted with water; whey”).
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. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “anglais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “englas, anglas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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