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cachet. 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 ménage à trois ( French: [menaʒ a tʁwɑ]) is a domestic arrangement or committed relationship consisting of three people in polyamorous romantic or sexual relations with each other, and often dwelling together. [1] [2] The phrase is a loan from French meaning " household of three". Contemporary arrangements are sometimes identified as a ...
Joie de vivre ( / ˌʒwɑː də ˈviːv ( rə )/ ZHWAH də VEEV(-rə), French: [ʒwa d (ə) vivʁ] ⓘ; " joy of living ") is a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life, an exultation of spirit, and general happiness . It "can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do….
v. t. e. A crime of passion ( French: crime passionnel ), in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulse such as anger or jealousy rather than as a premeditated crime. [ 1]
Number of total speakers of each Romance language, as fractions of the total (2024) The Romance language most widely spoken natively today is Spanish, followed by Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian, which together cover a vast territory in Europe and beyond, and work as official and national languages in dozens of countries.
Marie Antoinette ( / ˌæntwəˈnɛt, ˌɒ̃t -/; [ 1] French: [maʁi ɑ̃twanɛt] ⓘ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution as the wife of King Louis XVI. Born Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, she was the penultimate child and youngest ...
Linguistic typology. In linguistic typology, a subject–object–verb ( SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that order. If English were SOV, "Sam oranges ate" would be an ordinary sentence, as opposed to the actual Standard English "Sam ate oranges" which is subject–verb ...
Kings of France used the honorific Sire, princes Monseigneur. Queens and princesses were plain Madame . Nobles of the rank of duke used Monsieur le duc / Madame la duchesse, non-royal princes used Prince / Princesse (without the Monsieur / Madame ), other noblemen plain Monsieur and Madame. Only servants ever addressed their employer as ...