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first public performance of an entertainment personality or group. 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 ...
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This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves. As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title). Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words
Also excluded are words that come from French but were introduced into English via another language, e.g. commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer. English words of French origin should be distinguished from French words and expressions in English.
A keychain containing a four-leaf clover. A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck.Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make.
List of French dishes – common desserts and pastries Pâtisserie – a French or Belgian bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets . In both countries it is a legally controlled title that may only be used by bakeries that employ a licensed maître pâtissier (master pastry chef).
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
After the Norman Conquest, it was the Norman vareity of French that took root in England. This has led to many borrowings from French starting with "w" rather than "g" or "gu". However, in several cases, the central French version has subsequently been borrowed as well, leading to doublets such as "wile" and "guile"; for more details see below.