Tac, euh, bah: French language tics you hear every day Discover five words that 麻豆传媒映画 use but that have no real meaning
Which new words have made it into the latest French dictionary? The 2024 edition of the Petit Robert dictionary has introduced 150 new words into the French lexicon
There is no irony in the French language - apart from the word 鈥榖ref鈥� In our writer's experience those who say they will be brief are anything but
magazine 鈥楢voir une dent contre鈥� - expressing a grudge or resentment in French We explore the 14th century origins of the bitter phrase 'to have a tooth against' someone
Thousands play Wordle-like word game inspired by old French TV show The daily wordplay challenge, Sutom, is an homage to an old game show called Motus and now regional French language variations are gaining popularity
The history and uses of the fun French phrase 鈥樏� gogo鈥� We go back to 15th century France, the first disco venue and then wartime Scotland to find stories 鈥樏� gogo鈥�
Cocorico, ouah ouah: How animal sounds differ in French and English There is also a range of verbs to describe the sounds animals make, all quite different to English
French names immortalised in history Personal origins to some of the more unusual words in the French language
Dictionaries find the mot juste to add to language Online search engines are being used more often, but France鈥檚 leading dictionaries still give a snapshot of the current state of the language.
French dictionary in 50 year 鈥榣ife-changing word' game What era-defining, 鈥渓ife-changing鈥� words appeared the year you were born? French dictionary le Petit Robert has created an online game revealing exactly that, in celebration of 50 years of the publication.
Women can be la cheffe, la docteure A woman docteur can now officially be called la docteure after the Acad茅mie Fran莽aise voted in favour of the feminisation of job titles.
Chic! The 10 most-loved French words used in English The French words that Brits and other English-speakers love to use was the subject of an online article in newspaper Le Figaro yesterday, with 鈥� chic 鈥�, 鈥� d茅j脿-vu 鈥� and 鈥� je ne sais quoi 鈥�, hitting the top spots.
Brexit and Post-truth compete to be French words of 2017 They may follow R茅fugi茅s in 2016 as the word that sums up the year Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed
