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This List of French words of Germanic origin is a dictionary of Standard Modern French words and phrases deriving from any Germanic language of any period, whether incorporated in the formation of the French language or borrowed at any time thereafter.
Coordinates: 18.569°N 72.345°W. Fort Dimanche is a former prison in Haiti located near La Saline in Port-au-Prince that was notorious for torture and murder during the reign of François Duvalier. It was declared a monument in 1987. [1] The original Fort Dimanche was built by the French when Haiti was a colony prior to 1804 and fell into ...
The guinguette (French pronunciation: [ɡɛ̃ɡɛt] ⓘ), originating in the 17th Century, was a type of popular tavern in the suburbs of Paris and of other cities in France. [1] The term comes from guinguet, a type of cheap green wine served there. [1] A goguette was a similar kind of establishment. [citation needed]
Juvisy, France (1938) by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Juvisy, France, with the French title of Dimanche sur les Bords de Marne, Juvisy (Sunday at the Banks of Marne, Juvisy), is a black and white photograph taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1938. The picture shows his influence and formation in painting and went to become one of his most known ...
Inch'Allah Dimanche ( Arabic: إن شاء الله الأحد, romanized : Inna Shāʼa Allāh al-Aḥad, English: Sunday God Willing) is a 2001 French / Algerian movie by Yamina Benguigui about the life of an Algerian immigrant woman in France. Though this is Beguigui's first feature-length fiction film it is largely descriptive of her family ...
Art Institute of Chicago. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (French: Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte) was painted from 1884 to 1886 and is Georges Seurat 's most famous work. [1] A leading example of pointillist technique, executed on a large canvas, it is a founding work of the neo-impressionist movement.
Names of the days of the week. Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week, corresponding to the planets as Roman gods: Diana as the Moon for Monday, Mars for Tuesday, Mercury for Wednesday, Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday, Saturn for Saturday, and Apollo as the Sun for Sunday. Middle 19th century, Walters Art Museum.
Dimanche, 1960. Dimanche ( Sunday ), also known as Dimanche - Le Journal d'un Seul Jour ( Sunday - The Newspaper for Only One Day) is an artist's book by the French artist Yves Klein. Taking the form of a 4-page Sunday broadsheet, the piece was published on Sunday 27 November 1960 and sold on newsstands throughout Paris for one day only, as ...