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René Clair was born and grew up in Paris in the district of Les Halles, whose lively and picturesque character made a lasting impression on him. [1] His father was a soap merchant; he had an elder brother, Henri Chomette (born 1896).
The countries in which the French Wikipedia is the most popular language version of Wikipedia are shown in dark blue. Page views by country over time on the French Wikipedia. The audience measurement company Médiamétrie questioned a sample of 8,500 users residing in France with access to Internet at home or at their place of work.
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix [a] (/ hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / whah-KEEN; né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor.Known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters, particularly in period dramas, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, pronounced [ɛ̃stity nasjɔnal də la statistik e dez‿etyd ekɔnɔmik]), abbreviated INSEE or Insee [1] (/ ɪ n s eɪ / in-SAY, French pronunciation:), is the national statistics bureau of France.
Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history, [3] [4] and is consistently ranked among the ten most visited websites; as of August 2024, it was ranked fourth by Semrush, [5] and seventh by Similarweb. [6]
French (français ⓘ or langue française [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ⓘ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.
The Encyclopædia Universalis was originally published by the publishing company Encyclopædia Universalis SA. This company was created in 1966 by a specialist in publishing and selling books and collections by mail order, the French Book Club (CFL), owned by the Aubry family, as well as Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. (publisher of the Encyclopædia Britannica), the most famous English-language ...
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.