gallicism
Webster Dictionary
a mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom
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frenchify
Webster Dictionary
to make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize
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frenchism
Webster Dictionary
a French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language
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french canadian
(ɛntʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, French-Canadian. of or pertaining to French Canadians or the French-speaking parts of Canada.
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french west africa
(ˈfrɛntʃ mən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a former French federation in W Africa, including Dahomey (now Benin), French Guinea, French Sudan (now Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso).
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communalism
Webster Dictionary
a French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism
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toise
Webster Dictionary
an old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet
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beton
Webster Dictionary
the French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion
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devil's island
(ˈdɛv əl ri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a small island off the coast of French Guiana: former French penal colony.
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annam
(əˈnæm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a former kingdom and French protectorate along the E coast of French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
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poutine
(ˈtin)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a French-Canadian dish of French fries and cheese curds topped with gravy or other sauce.
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habitant
(ˈhæb ɪ tənts;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a French Canadian, esp. a French-speaking inhabitant of rural Quebec.
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creole
(ˈkri oʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, Creole of color. a member of any of several French-speaking communities of Louisiana of mixed black and French or Spanish ancestry.
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-er
(ə, ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a termination of nouns denoting action or process, occurring orig. and predominantly in loanwords from French or Anglo-French:
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dien bien phu
(ˈdyɛn ˌbyɛn ˈfu)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a town in NW Vietnam: site of defeat of French forces by Vietminh 1954, bringing to an end the French rule of Indochina.
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french union
(ˈfrɛntʃ mən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an association (1946–58) of France and its associated territories and states formed as a successor to the French empire: replaced by the French Community.
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cochin-china
(ˈkoʊ tʃɪn-, ˈkɒtʃ ɪn-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a former state in S French Indochina: now part of Vietnam. French.
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creole
(ˈkri oʊl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a member of the French-speaking, generally urban population of Louisiana that claims descent from the region's earliest French and Spanish settlers.
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franco-american
(ˈfræŋ koʊ əˈmɛr ɪ kən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an American of French or French-Canadian descent.
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gallic
(ˈgæl ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the French or France; characteristically French:
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cajun
(ˈkeɪ dʒən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a member of the traditionally Roman Catholic, French-speaking population of rural S Louisiana, descended largely from French colonists expelled from Acadia in 1755–63.
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apache dance
(apache dance)
Princeton's WordNet
a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld)
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jacques louis david
(David, Jacques Louis David)
Princeton's WordNet
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
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mirabeau
(Mirabeau, Comte de Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti)
Princeton's WordNet
French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
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david
(David, Jacques Louis David)
Princeton's WordNet
French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
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comte de mirabeau
(Mirabeau, Comte de Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti)
Princeton's WordNet
French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
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honore-gabriel victor riqueti
(Mirabeau, Comte de Mirabeau, Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti)
Princeton's WordNet
French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
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french canadian
(French Canadian)
Princeton's WordNet
a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French
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french academy
(French Academy)
Princeton's WordNet
an honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government
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andre paul guillaume gide
(Gide, Andre Gide, Andre Paul Guillaume Gide)
Princeton's WordNet
French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951)
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