French dictionary Le Robert decided to add the entry “iel” — a combination of “il” and “elle,” which means “he” and “she” in French respectively — into the online version of its dictionary in October.
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It’s a “personal subject pronoun of the third person singular and plural, used to refer to a person regardless of gender,” the dictionary entry reads…
“The Petit Robert, a dictionary that we thought was a reference, has just integrated on its site the words “iel, ielle, iels, ielles,” said French lawmaker François Jolivet, from French President Emmanuel Macron’s party La République en Marche, in a tweet on Tuesday.
“Its authors are therefore militants of a cause that has nothing to do with France: #wokisme,” Jolivet said.
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