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In French, les objets trouvés, short for le bureau des objets trouvés, means the lost-and-found, the lost property. outré out of the ordinary, unusual. In French, it means outraged (for a person) or exaggerated, extravagant, overdone (for a thing, esp. a praise, an actor's style of acting, etc.); in that second meaning, belongs to "literary ...
Ruta graveolens, commonly known as rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, is a species of the genus Ruta grown as an ornamental plant and herb. It is native to the Balkan Peninsula . It is grown throughout the world in gardens , especially for its bluish leaves, and sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions.
Stereotypes of French people include real or imagined characteristics of the French people used by people who see the French people as a single and homogeneous group. [1] [2] [3] French stereotypes are common beliefs among those expressing anti-French sentiment. There exist stereotypes of French people amongst themselves depending on the region ...
The English name "goat's-rue" is a translation of the Latin Ruta capraria, used for the plant in 1554 when it was considered to be related to Ruta graveolens, or common rue. [9] The Latin specific epithet officinalis refers to plants with some medicinal, culinary or herbal attributes. [10] Galega bicolor is a synonym.
Ruta or the rue genus—whose species' common names oft include "rue" Rutaceae or the rue family; Asplenium ruta-muraria or wall rue, a fern; Galega officinalis or goat's-rue, an edible legume; Peganum harmala, Syrian, African or wild rue; Tephrosia virginiana, also "goat's rue", a subshrub native to North America
In 1846, the French War Ministry completed the defensive Thiers wall around Paris, including fortifications, a dry moat, a Rue Militaire and a large berm. In 1859, the military engineering department gave conditional control of the perimeter to the precursor of the current Paris city council . [ 1 ]
The Rue Saint-Honoré (French pronunciation: [ʁy sɛ̃t‿ɔnɔʁe]) is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after the collegial Saint-Honoré church [ fr ] , situated in ancient times within the cloisters of Saint-Honoré.
The Rue des Rosiers (French pronunciation: [ʁy de ʁozje]), which means "street of the rosebushes," is a street in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.It begins at the Rue Malher and proceeds northwest across the Rue Pavée, Rue Ferdinand Duval, Rue des Écouffes, and Rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais before it ends at the Rue Vieille du Temple.