French

Alternative forms

• Etats-Unis (see usage notes)

Proper noun

les États-Unis m pl

1. the United States (of America)

   Les États-Unis sont un grand pays.

   The United States is a big country.

Usage notes

• Unlike the English equivalent, États-Unis is always used as a plural noun.

• In traditional French orthography, capital letters do not take diacritics, so É becomes E. É is more common in contemporary usage, however.

Derived terms

• États-Unien, états-unien

Anagrams

• suintâtes