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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche

  3. File:French.pdf - Wikipedia

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    Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

  4. Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) 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. Sometimes ...

  5. List of French loanwords in Persian - Wikipedia

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    French Persian (Persian alphabet) Persian (Perso-Latin alphabet) Meaning and usage abat-jour آباژور âbâžor floor lamp, lampshade abcès آبسه âbse abscess: abonnement آبونمان âbonmân subscription abstrait آبستره âbstre abstract acétone استن aseton acetone acide اسید asid acid accolade آکولاد âkolâd

  6. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Instrument Strings & Courses Tuning(s) Alternative Names Origin Notes Picture Ahenk: 12 strings 6 courses. Standard/common: A 3 A 3 •B 3 B 3 •E 4 E 4 •A 4 A 4 •D 5 D 5 •G 5 G 5. Alternates: May also use various oud tunings

  7. Bağlama - Wikipedia

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    The bağlama or saz/ساز is a family of plucked string instruments and long-necked lutes used in Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey. [1] It is commonly used by the ashiks . According to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , "the terms 'bağlama' and 'saz' are used somewhat interchangeably in Turkey.

  8. Farangi-Sazi - Wikipedia

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    Note: "Saz" refers to the artists and "sazi" their works. [1] Scene from Layla and Majnun. Drawn by Jani in 1684/85 AD (1096 AH) for Engelbert Kaempfer's costume album (now in the British Museum). Notice the use of European techniques like shadow and modelling [2] The term "Farangi-sazi" as used today seems to have developed in the early 20th ...

  9. International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    In 1886, a group of French and English language teachers, led by the French linguist Paul Passy, formed what would be known from 1897 onwards as the International Phonetic Association (in French, l'Association phonétique internationale). [6] The idea of the alphabet had been suggested to Passy by Otto Jespersen.