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lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque. a copied term/thing.
This list excludes words that come from French, but were introduced into the English language via a language other than French, which include commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer . English words of French origin can also be distinguished from ...
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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).
adjudge (Old French ajugier, compare modern French adjuger) adjust (Old French ajoster, compare modern French ajuster) administer (Old French aministrer, compare modern French administrer) administration. admirable. admiral (Old French amiral) admiration. admire. admissible.
G. List of French words of Gaulish origin. List of French words of Germanic origin. List of French words of Germanic origin (A-B) List of French words of Germanic origin (C-G) List of French words of Germanic origin (H–Z) Categories: French words and phrases. Lists of loanwords.
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[citation needed] double entendre. epergne. legerdemain (supposedly from, léger de main, literally, "light of hand") – sleight of ...
List of French loanwords in Persian. A great number of words of French origin have entered the Persian language since the early modern period. The following is a partial list of these loanwords: a contraction of the French word cosmétique, used to refer to lipstick in Persian. "open" (door, window, book, etc.), or "a big spender".