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French(français, French:[fʁɑ̃sɛ], or langue française, French:[lɑ̃ɡfʁɑ̃sɛːz], or by some speakers, French:[lɑ̃ŋfʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance languageof the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latinof the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more ...
a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). 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. canard. ( canard means " duck " in French) an unfounded rumor or anecdote.
Quebec French profanity. Mailbox sign using French-Canadian profanity. The English (approximate) translation is "No fucking admail ". Tabarnak is the strongest form of that sacre, derived from tabernacle (where the Eucharist is stored, in Roman Catholicism ). Quebec French profanities, [1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to ...
Iel (pronoun) Iel is a neo-pronoun in the French language intended as an alternative to the gender-specific pronouns elle (" she ") and il (" he "). [1] [2] [3] It has been adopted by the Le Robert dictionary but is not officially accepted by the Académie Française. [4]
Departments of France. In the administrative divisions of France, the department ( French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ⓘ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities "), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, with ...
Infantry arms and cavalry arms[edit] Rank insignia in the French army depend on whether the soldier belongs to an infantry or cavalry unit. The infantry arms ( armes à pied) include normal infantry, naval troops, the Foreign Legion and engineers; cavalry arms ( armes à cheval) include armoured cavalry, artillery, maintenance and logistics.
t. e. The circumflex (ˆ) is one of the five diacritics used in French orthography. It may appear on the vowels a, e, i, o, and u, for example â in pâté . The circumflex, called accent circonflexe, has three primary functions in French: It affects the pronunciation of a, e, and o.
Baccalauréat. A diploma of baccalauréat général; it is issued by the recteur d'académie by delegation from the Minister of National Education. The baccalauréat ( French pronunciation: [bakaloʁea]; lit. 'baccalaureate' ), often known in France colloquially as the bac, is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at ...