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nom de plume a "back-translation" from the English "pen name": author's pseudonym. Although now used in French as well, the term was coined in English by analogy with nom de guerre. nonpareil Unequalled, unrivalled; unparalleled; unique the modern French equivalent of this expression is sans pareil (literally "without equal").
"Mademoiselle" (Mlle) is a traditional alternative for an unmarried woman. The plural is Mesdemoiselles (Mlles). Usage of "Mademoiselle" varies based on regions and ideology. In Canada and Switzerland, public administrations have been banned from using this title for a long time. France has taken this step in 2012. [1]
After the huge success of her debut album, Mademoiselle chante le blues, still well placed on the French album charts, Kaas decided to release her second studio album, Scène de vie, which was mainly written by the famous composer Didier Barbelivien. The lead single, "Les Hommes qui passent", was released at the same time as the album, in April ...
Mademoiselle or demoiselle ([də.mwa.zɛl]) is a French courtesy title, abbreviated Mlle or Dlle, traditionally given to an unmarried woman. The equivalent in English is " Miss ". The courtesy title " Madame " is accorded women where their marital status is unknown.
" Non, je ne regrette rien" (pronounced [nɔ̃ ʒə nə ʁəɡʁɛt ʁjɛ̃]; transl. "No, I do not regret anything" ) is a French song composed in 1956 by Charles Dumont , with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire .
The name of the album is ironic in the French language because it uses both the familiar (te) and formal (vous) second-person pronouns.By using both the familiar and formal in the same short declaration, it shows a tension in the speaker's voice between the admiration of one that she respects formally, and someone that she dearly loves on a familiar level.
"Il me dit que je suis belle" is a 1993 song recorded by the French singer Patricia Kaas. It was her second single from her third studio album, Je te dis vous, on which it features as fifth track, and her 12th single overall.
Malraux writes that the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont are creations "without precedent"; they are "the first [in European literature] whose acts are determined by an ideology". [2] Les Liaisons dangereuses is a literary counter-thesis to the epistolary novel as exemplified by Richardson's Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded. Whereas ...