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The first continued in its adopted language in its original obsolete form centuries after it had changed its form in national French: bon viveur – the second word is not used in French as such, [1] while in English it often takes the place of a fashionable man, a sophisticate, a man used to elegant ways, a man-about-town, in fact a bon vivant ...
The modern French phrase is "à double sens". in lieu (of) "in place (of)"; partially translated from the existing French phrase au lieu (de). léger de main (legerdemain) "light of hand": sleight of hand, usually in the context of deception or the art of stage magic tricks. Meaningless in French; the equivalent is un tour de passe-passe ...
I would say that if a word is in an English dictionary it's part of English. DJ Clayworth 18:18, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC) curious. We widely use week-end, which is an english word, and is in our dictionary. We would never try to pretend it is a french word. Very curious. I think that page is basically meaningless then :-) ant
[3] [4] The phrase "pardon my French" is recorded in the 1930s and may be a result of English-speaking troops returning from the First World War. [4] The phrase has been used in broadcast television and family films where less offensive words are preceded by "pardon my French" to intensify their effect without violating censorship or rating ...
Pages in category "Words and phrases with no direct English translation" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It excludes combinations of words of French origin with words whose origin is a language other than French — e.g., ice cream, sunray, jellyfish, killjoy, lifeguard, and passageway— and English-made combinations of words of French origin — e.g., grapefruit (grape + fruit), layperson (lay + person), mailorder, magpie, marketplace, surrender ...
In fact, we could learn a thing or two from our favorite Disney characters and their wise words. From Aladdin to Meet the Robinsons, we’ve rounded up 45 Disney movie quotes that will make you ...
Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).