Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In colloquial French, un apéritif is usually shortened to un apéro. appellation contrôlée supervised use of a name. For the conventional use of the term, see Appellation d'origine contrôlée appetence 1. A natural craving or desire 2. An attraction or affinity; From French word "Appétence", derived from "Appétit" (Appetite).
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Appearance. ... Redirect to: Glossary of French words and expressions in English;
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
To give another example, un homme grand means "a tall man", whereas un grand homme means "a great man". Many compound words contain an adjective, such as une belle-mère "a mother-in-law", which is distinct from une belle mère "a beautiful mother". Some of them use an archaic form of the feminine adjective that lacks the final -e.
un auteur -- an author -- this is not used to mean the same thing as "author". however none of my dictionaries have it. probably belongs in the article but needs a better explanation. the french word auteur does have a much larger meaning that author, also the founder of a race, the perpetrator of a crime...
The following words are commonly used and included in French dictionaries. le pull: E. pullover, sweater, jersey. le shampooing, [1] the shampoo; le scoop, in the context of a news story or as a simile based on that context. While the word is in common use, the Académie française recommends a French synonym, "exclusivité". [2] le selfie.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Lists of French words of foreign origin" The following 6 pages are in this ...