In October 2021, the Petit Robert integrated the word "iel", but only in its digital version.
A curious pronoun, unknown to the general public, which met this definition:
“Personal subject pronoun of the third person singular (iel) and plural (iels), used to evoke a person regardless of gender.”
A controversy ensued up to the highest levels of the State, the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, recalling that
“inclusive writing is not the future of the French language”
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Even the first lady, Brigitte Macron, had added her two cents to the debate, judging that the "he" and the "she" were already quite sufficient.
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By honoring the “iel” this time in its paper version, the Petit Robert makes what is called a “putsch”.
There is nothing innocent about this integration in that it stems from a militant approach.
First, because the vocation of a dictionary, as noted…
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