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This article covers French words and phrases that have entered the English lexicon without ever losing their character as Gallicisms: they remain unmistakably "French" to an English speaker. They are most common in written English, where they retain French diacritics and are usually printed in italics. In spoken English, at least some attempt ...
French medical phrases (5 P) N. French-language names (1 C) P. French proverbs (1 P) Pages in category "French words and phrases" The following 160 pages are in this ...
(Even here in Canada, where we learn French in school, I think most people my age — or even older — don't realize that the word "croissant" comes from the French word for "crescent". They might know, in the context of the French language, that "croissant" indeed means "crescent"; but when you use that word in English, you only think of the ...
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Note that the word in French has retained the general meaning: e.g. château in French means "castle" and chef means "chief". In fact, loanwords from French generally have a more restricted or specialised meaning than in the original language, e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").
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