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French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.
Accented letters: â ç è é ê î ô û, rarely ë ï ; ù only in the word où, à only at the ends of a few words (including à).Never á í ì ó ò ú.; Angle quotation marks: « » (though "curly-Q" quotation marks are also used); dialogue traditionally indicated by means of dashes.
Feminine nouns or names are typically made diminutive by adding the ending -ette: fillette (little girl or little daughter [affectionate], from fille, girl or daughter); courgette (small squash or marrow, i.e., zucchini, from courge, squash); Jeannette (from Jeanne); pommettes (cheekbones), from pomme (apple); cannette (female duckling), from ...
D: English name Names in different languages Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cộng hòa Dân chủ Công-gô (Vietnamese), Demakratyčnaja Respublika Konha - Дэмакратычная Рэспубліка Конга (Belarusian), Demokratia Respubliko Kongo (Esperanto), Demokratičeskaja Respublika Kongo - Демократическая Республика Конго (Russian ...
தென் ஆப்ரிக்கா [romanization needed] (Tamil), Aefrika Tai - แอฟริกาใต้ (Thai), Afraga a Deas (Scots Gaelic), Africa Australis (Latin), Africa dal Sid (Romansh), Africa de Sud (Romanian), África do Sul (Portuguese), Afrika del Sur (Tagalog), Afrika Jugore (Albanian variant), Afrika Kusini (Swahili ...
100 French baby girl names. Here are 100 French names and their interpreted meanings. Pick one for your petite fille! Vivienne — Alive. Simone — To listen. Belle — Beauty. Henriette ...
The most recent data from the Social Security Administration reveals that two girl names that start with "L" have been in the top five over the last century: Lisa and Linda.
Note that the word in French has retained the general meaning: e.g. château in French means "castle" and chef means "chief". In fact, loanwords from French generally have a more restricted or specialised meaning than in the original language, e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").