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L'État, c'est moi ("I am the state", lit. "the state, it is me") is an apocryphal saying attributed to Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre. It was allegedly said on 13 April 1655 before the Parlement of Paris . [ 1 ]
In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...
Après moi, le déluge" (pronounced [apʁɛ mwa lə delyʒ]; lit. ' After me, the flood ') is a French expression attributed to King Louis XV of France, or in the form "Après nous, le déluge" (pronounced [apʁɛ nu lə delyʒ]; lit. ' After us, the flood ') to Madame de Pompadour, his favourite.
The French form of the phrase is far better known in English than the translated version. Maybe a cute anecdote will illustrate: back in the 90s, I worked for an American African magazine, we had a cover story on the recent authoritarian tendencies of Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi. The title imposed itself irresistibly: "L'Etat c'est Moi".
Two French-language books followed; L'Etat c'est moi: histoire des monarchies privées, principautés de fantaisie et autres républiques pirates in 1997 by French writer and historian Bruno Fuligni, and Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU in 2000 by Swiss academic Fabrice O'Driscoll, who also founded the French Institute of Micropatrology.
It's Not Me (French: C'est pas moi) is a 2024 French film written and directed by Leos Carax. [2] It had its world premiere in the non-competitive Cannes Premiere section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2024. It was theatrically released on 12 June 2024 by Les Films du Losange.
Some are even found as adverbs, such as sacrament, meaning "very" or "extremely", as in C’est sacrament bon ("This is really good"). En tabarnak or en câlisse can mean "extremely angry". In the movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Quebec actor and stand-up comic Patrick Huard's character teaches Colm Feore's how to swear properly. [5]
Madame Bovary (/ ˈ b oʊ v ə r i /; [1] French: [madam bɔvaʁi]), originally published as Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners (French: Madame Bovary: Mœurs de province [madam bɔvaʁi mœʁ(s) də pʁɔvɛ̃s]), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1857.