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2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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   cachet. lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque.

3. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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   This list excludes words that come from French, but were introduced into the English language via a language other than French, which include commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer . English words of French origin can also be distinguished from ...

4. French phonology - Wikipedia

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   Help:IPA/French. v. t. e. French phonology is the sound system of French. This article discusses mainly the phonology of all the varieties of Standard French. Notable phonological features include its uvular r, nasal vowels, and three processes affecting word-final sounds: liaison, a specific instance of sandhi in which word-final consonants ...

5. Influence of French on English - Wikipedia

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   The influence of French on Englishpertains mainly to its lexicon, including orthography, and to some extent pronunciation. Most of the Frenchvocabulary in Englishentered the language after the Norman Conquestin 1066. Old French, specifically the Old Normandialect, became the language of the new Anglo-Normancourt, the government, and the elites.

6. Bourgeoisie - Wikipedia

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   The Modern French word bourgeois (/ ˈ b ʊər ʒ w ɑː / ⓘ BOORZH-wah or / b ʊər ˈ ʒ w ɑː / ⓘ boorzh-WAH, French: ⓘ) derived from the Old French borgeis or borjois ('town dweller'), which derived from bourg ('market town'), from the Old Frankish burg ('town'); in other European languages, the etymologic derivations include the Middle English burgeis, the Middle Dutch burgher, the ...

7. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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   Quebec French profanity. Mailbox sign using French-Canadian profanity. The English (approximate) translation is "No fucking admail ". Tabarnak is the strongest form of that sacre, derived from tabernacle (where the Eucharist is stored, in Roman Catholicism ). Quebec French profanities, [ 1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to ...