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French has a T-V distinction in the second person singular. That is, it uses two different sets of pronouns: tu and vous and their various forms. The usage of tu and vous depends on the kind of relationship (formal or informal) that exists between the speaker and the person with whom they are speaking and the age differences between these subjects. [1]
à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.
The pronoun is a neologism dating back to at least the early 2010s, including alternative spellings such as "iell," "ielle," and "ille." [6] [7]In April 2018, a group of doctoral students lobbied for the standard usage of "iel" along with other gender neutral language at the Université du Québec à Montréal. [8]
A codpiece (from Middle English cod 'scrotum') is a triangular piece that attached to the front of men's hose, covering the fly. It may be held in place by ties or buttons. It may be held in place by ties or buttons.
Français langue étrangère (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sɛ lɑ̃ɡ etʁɑ̃ʒɛʁ]; French for French as a foreign language, FLE) is the use of French by non-native speakers in a country where French is not normally spoken, similar to English as a foreign language.
Corneille, Thomas, Le Dictionnaire des Arts et des Sciences, Paris, 1694; Barré, Louis, Complément du Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, Paris, 1842; The Académie is continuing work on the ninth edition, of which the first volume (A to Enzyme) appeared in 1992, [1] Éocène to Mappemonde was published in 2000, and Maquereau to Quotité ...
G. Levasseur, "Napoléon et l’élaboration des codes répressifs", in Mélanges en hommage à Jean Imbert (Paris, PUF, 1989) p. 371 Code Pénal and Code d'Instruction Criminelle – Original French Texts and other old legislation
The coefficient of inbreeding (COI) is a number measuring how inbred an individual is. Specifically, it is the probability that two alleles at any locus in an individual are identical by descent from a common ancestor of the two parents.