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  2. List of French inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Gothic art in the mid-12th century. [1]Ars nova: a musical style which flourished in the Kingdom of France and its surroundings during the Late Middle Ages.; Oboe, or hautbois, in the mid-17th century France, probably by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre and his family or by the Philidor family. [2]

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, les objets trouvés, short for le bureau des objets trouvés, means the lost-and-found, the lost property. outré out of the ordinary, unusual. In French, it means outraged (for a person) or exaggerated, extravagant, overdone (for a thing, esp. a praise, an actor's style of acting, etc.); in that second meaning, belongs to "literary ...

  4. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    English words of French origin can also be distinguished from French words and expressions used by English speakers. Although French is derived mainly from Latin, which accounts for about 60% of English vocabulary either directly or via a Romance language, it includes words from Gaulish and Germanic languages, especially Old Frankish. Since ...

  5. Stereotypes of French people - Wikipedia

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    Stereotypes of French people include real or imagined characteristics of the French people used by people who see the French people as a single and homogeneous group. [1] [2] [3] French stereotypes are common beliefs among those expressing anti-French sentiment. There exist stereotypes of French people amongst themselves depending on the region ...

  6. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).

  7. Culture of France - Wikipedia

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    While French youth culture has gravitated toward fast food and American eating habits (with an attendant rise in obesity), the French in general have remained committed to preserving certain elements of their food culture through such activities as including programs of taste acquisition in their public schools, by the use of the appellation d ...

  8. 5 Things a French Woman Would Never Have in Her Closet ... - AOL

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    In trying to emulate French style it’s equally important to know what French women do wear as it is to know what they’d never wear. While the jury is...

  9. French language - Wikipedia

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    French is the fastest growing language on the continent (in terms of either official or foreign languages). [67] [68] French is increasingly being spoken as a native language in Francophone Africa, especially in regions like Ivory Coast, [9] [10] Cameroon, [11] [12] Gabon, [13] [14] Madagascar, [15] and the Democratic Republic of Congo. [16 ...