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The French use apéritif to refer to the time before a meal and the drinks consumed during that time, yet "hors d'œuvre" is a synonym of "entrée" in French and means the first dish that starts a meal. At home in family circles it means more specifically seasoned salads taken as a starter.
The following words are commonly used and included in French dictionaries. le pull: E. pullover, sweater, jersey. le shampooing, [1] the shampoo; le scoop, in the context of a news story or as a simile based on that context. While the word is in common use, the Académie française recommends a French synonym, "exclusivité". [2] le selfie.
Le Petit Larousse Illustré, commonly known simply as Le Petit Larousse (French pronunciation: [lə pə.ti laʁus]), is a French-language encyclopedic dictionary published by Éditions Larousse. It first appeared in 1905 and was edited by Claude Augé, following Augé's Dictionnaire complet illustré (1889).
Petit is a French-language surname literally meaning "small" or "little". Notable people with the surname inclide: Notable people with the surname inclide: Adriana Petit (born 1984), Spanish multidisciplinary artist
Petit is a French-language surname Petit or petite may also refer to: Petit (crater), a small, bowl-shaped lunar crater on Mare Spumans; Petit, a 1995 EP by Japanese singer-songwriter Ua; Petit Le Mans, a sports car endurance race in Georgia, United States; Petit (typography), another name for brevier-size type; Petite sizes in women's clothing
La patrie en danger; Pensée unique; Petite bourgeoisie; La petite mort; Le plat pays qui est le mien; La plume de ma tante (phrase) Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume; Presque vu; Privatier; Procédure Renault; Puisne; Pure laine; Purlieu; Putain, putain, c'est vachement bien. Nous sommes quand-même tous des Européens
Catholicon - purported first French dictionary: 1499 Thresor de la langue françoyse tant ancienne que moderne : 1606 Dictionnaire de l'Académie française: 1694 to present Littré: 1877 Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse: 1982-1985 Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle: 1866-1890 Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes
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").