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-ell (English spelling for French -el, diminutive) [citation needed]-el (Northern French and Occitan, French -eau) [citation needed]-ema (Suffix of Frisian origin, given by Napoleon Bonaparte who used suffixes like these to keep a record of people's origins within the Netherlands) [citation needed]-ems [citation needed]
A daughter was known as a fille de France (French pronunciation: [fij də fʁɑ̃s], Daughter of France). The children of the dauphin (a title reserved for the king's heir apparent , whether son, grandson or great-grandson of the monarch) were accorded the same style and status as if they were the king's children instead of his grandchildren or ...
French honorifics are based on the wide use of Madame for women and Monsieur for men. Social. Monsieur" (M.) for a man, The plural is Messieurs (MM. for short).
Madame Royale (French pronunciation: [madam ʁwajal], Royal Lady) was a style customarily used for the eldest living unmarried daughter of a reigning French monarch. Madame Royale is similar to the style Monsieur, which was typically used by the King's second brother.
Landi is the daughter of former French gymnasts Cécile Canqueteau-Landi and Laurent Landi. She was born in Oklahoma, where her parents were coaching gymnastics. Her mother competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, finishing eighth with the French women's team. [2] Landi was a competitive gymnast for several years, but eventually lost ...
Diminutives are more frequently used than in English. Some words only exist in the diminutive form, e.g. "Kaninchen" ("rabbit") derived from Old French word conin, which in turn is from the Latin diminutive cuniculus. The use of diminutives is quite different between the dialects. The Alemannic dialects for example use the diminutive very often.
The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi [fij dy ʁwa], or filles du roy in the spelling of the era) were the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV. The program was designed to boost New France's population both by encouraging Frenchmen to move ...
Delphine Caroline Marie Arnault (French: [dɛlfin aʁno]; born 4 April 1975) is a French businesswoman who is the daughter of Bernard Arnault and sister of Antoine Arnault. [3] She is a director of LVMH and has been Executive Vice President of Louis Vuitton since 2013. [4]