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