Dutch

Proper noun

Egypte n

1. Egypt

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ʒipt/

Proper noun

Egypte f

1. Alternative form of Égypte

Usage notes

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος ‎(Aíguptos).

Proper noun

Egypte f

1. Egypt (country)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος ‎(Aíguptos).

Proper noun

Egypte f ‎(nominative singular Egypte)

1. Egypt (country)

Descendants

• French: Egypte, Égypte
• Norman: Êgypte