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English properNoun

  /ɪŋˈɡlɪʃ/ , /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ , /ˈɪŋɡləʃ/ , /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/
  • The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.
 anglais

English adjective

  /ɪŋˈɡlɪʃ/ , /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ , /ˈɪŋɡləʃ/ , /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/
  • English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
  • Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
 anglais
  • Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).
 anglais, anglaise

English noun

  /ɪŋˈɡlɪʃ/ , /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ , /ˈɪŋɡləʃ/ , /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/
  • (in the plural) The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.
 anglais, anglaise, anglaises
  • (uncountable) Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
  • The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
  • The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
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  • (printing, dated) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
 gros-texte

Englishness noun

  /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃnəs/
  • The quality, state or characteristic of being English.
 anglicité

english noun

  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/
  • (uncountable, North American) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
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