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a low-cut neckline, cleavage. In French it means: 1. action of lowering a female garment's neckline; 2. Agric.: cutting leaves from some cultivated roots such as beets, carrots, etc.; 3. Tech. Operation consisting of making screws, bolts, etc. one after another out of a single bar of metal on a parallel lathe.
A. Abel (given name) Abraham (given name) Achille; Adel (name) Ademar; Adhemar; Adolf; Adrien; Agénor; Aimé; Aimoin; Alain (given name) Albert (given name) Albertet
Also excluded are words that come from French but were introduced into English via another language, e.g. commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer. English words of French origin should be distinguished from French words and expressions in English.
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The Professional tax (French: Taxe professionnelle or TP) was prior to 2010 a tax levied on businesses (professionals and corporations) whose proceeds financed territorial collectivities. It was created by the Law 75-678 voted on 29 July 1975 that repealed the centuries-old patente and replaced it with the professional tax. [1]
The following words are commonly used and included in French dictionaries. le pull: E. pullover, sweater, jersey. le shampooing, [1] the shampoo; le scoop, in the context of a news story or as a simile based on that context. While the word is in common use, the Académie française recommends a French synonym, "exclusivité". [2] le selfie.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of French on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of French in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.