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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    term used for the snacks served with drinks before a meal. Literally "outside of the work". 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 ...

  3. Petit (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Category:French words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    French-language names (1 C) P. French proverbs (1 P) Pages in category "French words and phrases" ... Petite bourgeoisie; La petite mort; Le plat pays qui est le mien;

  5. La petite mort - Wikipedia

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    La petite mort (French pronunciation: [la pətit mɔʁ]; lit. ' the little death ') is an expression that refers to a brief loss or weakening of consciousness, and in modern usage refers specifically to a post-orgasm sensation as likened to death. [1] The first attested use of the expression in English was in 1572 with the meaning of "fainting ...

  6. Petit Larousse - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. Petit Robert - Wikipedia

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    Le Petit Robert de la Langue Française (IPA: [lə p(ə)ti ʁɔbɛʁ də la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), known as just Petit Robert, is a popular single-volume French dictionary first published by Paul Robert in 1967. It is an abridgement of his eight-volume Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française. [1]

  8. Border agents brace for shutdown, work without pay during ...

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    EL PASO, Texas – If the federal government shuts down Friday, U.S. border crossings will stay open and border agents will keep working through the holidays – without pay, at least temporarily. ...

  9. Petit - Wikipedia

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    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