Household of three (Ha! you were thinking something else?) 21. not part of the ordinary set of courses in a meal. Fait accompli (not used as a stand-alone) blank canvas = complete freedom to act as one wishes) 10. Chaise longueīrûlée (participe passé of brûler = to burn) = burntĪu (à = in with + le = the) = in/with the Répondez, 2nd person plural of répondre = to reply, to answer à la mode (not used as such in French)īottom (ass) of the bag. Vu (passé composé form of voir = to see) = seenĪlready seen (before). If you're currently learning French and are looking for powerful study tool to help you master vocab, common phrases, and verb conjugations so much more efficiently, check out Brainscape's certified French flashcards. So, with that said, here are our 25 favorite French words used in English! But it was so fun researching and writing that article that we decided to do the same for French, which-with the Norman occupation of England in the 1100's-has had a profound impact upon the English language.įrench and English also share many Latin influences and as a result, the two languages overlap in many interesting ways. Having a déjà-vu? Well perhaps it's because you read our list of words the English language has borrowed from German.
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