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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche

  3. Miffed - Wikipedia

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    Search for Miffed in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Miffed article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  4. Talk:Miffed - Wikipedia

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    What is the origin of the word? I heard a friend use it and I was unsure of it's connotations, how heavily it means "annoyed" (as in is it considered vulgar etc.)

  5. Quotation - Wikipedia

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    A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying.

  6. Guillemet - Wikipedia

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    Guillemets may also be called angle, Latin, Castilian, Spanish, or French quotes/quotation marks. [ citation needed ] Guillemet is a diminutive of the French name Guillaume , apparently after the French printer and punchcutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–1598), [ 5 ] though he did not invent the symbols: they first appear in a 1527 book printed by ...

  7. Quebec French lexicon - Wikipedia

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    Cour in Quebec is a backyard (jardin in French), whereas in France cour has dropped this meaning and primarily means a courtyard (as well as other meanings like court). However, in some areas of France, such as in the mining regions of northern France, cour still means backyard.

  8. Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français (French: [diksjɔnɛːʁ ilystʁe latɛ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; Illustrated Latin–French Dictionary) is a dictionary of Latin, described in French. Compiled by the French philologist Félix Gaffiot (1870–1937), it is commonly eponymized « Le Gaffiot » ("The Gaffiot") by the French.

  9. Français langue étrangère - Wikipedia

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    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.