Edouard

See also: Édouard and Êdouard

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.dwaʁ/

Proper noun

Edouard m

  1. a male given name, a typographical variant of Édouard

Usage notes

  • In older French practice, capital letters did not take diacritics, so É becomes E. This was mostly done because of technical constraints. Formal orthotypography maintains the diacritics.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz.

Proper noun

Edouard

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • French: Édouard, Edouard
    • → German: Eduard
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