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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Le lifting. In reference to plastic surgery. La success story. An example of an English phrase made up of words of French origin being reinfused into the French language in the English context. Le dealer. Specifically of illegal drugs. Le cheese. In the context of "Le Royale Cheese" in McDonald's.
The development of French. As a result of over 500 years of Germano-Latin bilingualism, many Germanic words became ingrafted into the Gallo-Romance speech by the time it emerged as Old French in AD 900. And after the Franks abandoned Frankish, their version of Old French tended to be heavily Frankish influenced, with a distinctively Frankish ...
Lists of English words of French origin. Glossary of French words and expressions in English.
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