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  2. Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - Wikipedia

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    A special Commission (Commission du dictionnaire) composed of several (but not all) of the members of the Académie undertakes the compilation of the dictionary.It has published thirteen editions of the dictionary, of which three were preliminary, eight were complete, and two were supplements for specialised words. [2]

  3. French mother sauces - Wikipedia

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    L'art de la cuisine française au dix-neuviême siêcle : traité élémentaire et pratique du travail en gras et en maigre [The art of French cuisine in the nineteenth century: an elementary and practical treatise on working with fat and lean] (in French). Paris. Gouffé, Jules (1867).

  4. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    [2] Words of French origin often refer to more abstract or generalized notions than their Old English equivalents (e.g. liberty / freedom , justice / fairness , source / spring , vision / sight ), and are therefore of less frequent use in everyday language .

  5. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    perche du roi carrée: 324 ~34.19 m 2 ~40.89 sq yd This square perch was used in Quebec and Louisiana. It is a square 18 pieds du roi on each side. vergée (du roi) 8100 ~854.7 m 2 ~1022 sq yd A square 5 perches du roi on each side. acre (du roi), or arpent carré: 32 400 ~3419 m 2 ~4089 sq yd, or ~0.8448 acres A square 10 perches du roi on ...

  6. Sauce - Wikipedia

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    Samosas accompanied by four sauces Tzatziki yoghurt sauce A chef whisking a sauce In cooking , a sauce is a liquid , cream , or semi- solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods . Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavour, texture, and visual appeal to a dish.

  7. Joual - Wikipedia

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    The two-act play Les Belles-sœurs by Canadian writer Michel Tremblay premiered in 1968 at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert in Montreal. Many consider it to have had a profound impact on Canadian culture, as it was one of the first times Joual was seen on a national stage. The play follows a working-class woman named Germaine in Montréal.

  8. Trésor de la langue française au Québec - Wikipedia

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    Trésor de la langue française au Québec logo. The Trésor de la langue française au Québec ( Treasury of the French language in Quebec , TLFQ) is a project created in the 1970s with the primary objective of establishing a scientific infrastructure for research into the history of Quebec French and, also, its current usage. [ 1 ]

  9. Chenal du Four - Wikipedia

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    The Chenal du Four is a waterway off the coast of Brittany in north-western France, in the area of Porspoder, between Pointe Saint-Mathieu and the Island of Béniguet. [1] It is marked by six lighthouses including the Saint-Mathieu Lighthouse and the Kermorvan Lighthouse . [ 2 ]