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The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛz]) is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power.
Thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1][2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Other ways to amend. Since the beginning of the French Fifth Republic, revisions have been adopted without using section 89. The Constitutional Act of 4 June, 1960 was adopted by a parliamentary vote according to the original article 85 of the Constitution, which involved the Senate of the Community. The Constitutional Act of 6 November, 1962 ...
lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque. a copied term/thing.
Each entry consists of a bolded headword containing one French expression, followed by an indented section with a translated equivalent or description of the term. . Headwords appear as they would be if found in English running text; thus italicized, and in lower case unless always cap
Eminent domain. Eminent domain[a] (also known as land acquisition, [b] compulsory purchase, [c] resumption, [d] resumption / compulsory acquisition, [e] or expropriation[f]) is the power to take private property for public use. It does not include the power to take and transfer ownership of private property from one property owner to another ...
Cause célèbre. A cause célèbre (/ ˌkɔːz səˈlɛb (rə)/ ⓘ KAWZ sə-LEB (-rə), [1] French: [koz selɛbʁ]; pl. causes célèbres, pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate. [2] The term continues in the media in all senses.
In contract law, force majeure [1] [2] [3] (/ ˌ f ɔːr s m ə ˈ ʒ ɜːr / FORSS mə-ZHUR; French: [fɔʁs maʒœʁ]) is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, epidemic, or ...