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Cloche hat as worn by silent film star Vilma Bánky, 1927. The cloche hat or simply cloche (pronunciation ⓘ) is a fitted, bell-shaped hat for women that was invented in 1908 by milliner Caroline Reboux. [1] They were especially popular from about 1922 to 1933. [2] Its name is derived from cloche, the French word for "bell". [3]
The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power. Sometimes ...
M. Madelaine; Madeleine (given name) Maëlys; Maeva; Manon (given name) Marceline; Margaux (name) Marguerite (given name) Maria Antonina; Marianne (given name)
See baby names inspired by France with these 40 French names and meanings for girls and boys, as well as gender neutral French names for babies.
100 French baby girl names. Here are 100 French names and their interpreted meanings. Pick one for your petite fille! Vivienne — Alive. Simone — To listen. Belle — Beauty. Henriette ...
"[be] on [your] guard". "On guard" is of course perfectly good English: the French spelling is used for the fencing term. en passant in passing; term used in chess and in neurobiology ("synapse en passant.") en plein air lit. "in the open air"; particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. en pointe (in ballet) on tiptoe. Though ...
Aveline Twenty20Here, the French take on Evelyn with a fitting meaning of “breath of life.”2. Lilou A combination of Lily (i.e., the 50 French Baby Names That Are Prime for an American Takeover
French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.