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This article covers French words and phrases that have entered the English lexicon without ever losing their character as Gallicisms: they remain unmistakably "French" to an English speaker. They are most common in written English, where they retain French diacritics and are usually printed in italics. In spoken English, at least some attempt ...
The French language's presence in Vietnam began in the 18th century when French explorers and merchants began sailing near the Indochina coast. When the French replaced the Portuguese as the primary European power in Southeast Asia in the 1790s by helping to unify Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty and later colonizing Southern Vietnam, they introduced the French language to locals.
(Even here in Canada, where we learn French in school, I think most people my age — or even older — don't realize that the word "croissant" comes from the French word for "crescent". They might know, in the context of the French language, that "croissant" indeed means "crescent"; but when you use that word in English, you only think of the ...
This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves. As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title). Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words
Also excluded are words that come from French but were introduced into English via another language, e.g. commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer. English words of French origin should be distinguished from French words and expressions in English.
In most school systems, foreign language is taken in high school, with many schools requiring one to three years of foreign language in order to graduate. In some school systems, foreign language is also taught during middle school, and more recently, many elementary schools have been teaching foreign languages as well. However, foreign ...
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Within Old French many dialects emerged but the Francien dialect is one that not only continued but also thrived during the Middle French period (14th–17th centuries). [29] Modern French grew out of this Francien dialect. [29] Grammatically, during the period of Middle French, noun declensions were lost and there began to be standardized rules.