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Cochon is a French word that may refer to: Domestic pig; Piglet (animal) Cochon, a restaurant in New Orleans; see Cajun cuisine ; Slang meaning dirty pig, swine, contemptible person; see Cultural references to pigs
Boule is a French word for 'ball'. Boccia (plural: bocce) is an Italian word for 'ball' Volo (roughly, 'flying' or 'in flight') is derived from the Italian verb volare meaning 'to fly' The small wooden target ball is usually called the jack in English, le but ('target') or cochonnet ('piglet') in French, or pallino ('little ball' or 'bullet ...
Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).
It excludes combinations of words of French origin with words whose origin is a language other than French — e.g., ice cream, sunray, jellyfish, killjoy, lifeguard, and passageway— and English-made combinations of words of French origin — e.g., grapefruit (grape + fruit), layperson (lay + person), mailorder, magpie, marketplace, surrender ...
French, used in the plural "les keufs", as slang for the police. This word is more derogatory than "les flics", even though it means the same thing. The word is derived from the pronunciation of "flic" as "FLEE-KUH". In verlan slang, words are reversed, thus making the word "kuhflee". In turn, "lee" was dropped from the word, leaving "keuf ...
Spanish cochinillo asado Su porcheddu, Sardinian cuisine. Lechón (Spanish, Spanish pronunciation:; from leche "milk" + -ón), cochinillo asado (Spanish, literally "roasted suckling pig"), or leitão (Portuguese; from leite "milk" + -ão) is a pork dish in several regions of the world, most specifically in Spain (in particular Segovia), Portugal (in particular Bairrada) and regions worldwide ...
Andouillette (French pronunciation:) is a French coarse-grained sausage made from the intestine of pork, pepper, wine, onions, and seasonings. Andouillettes as served by Le Merciére, a traditional bouchon in Lyon. Andouillettes are generally made from the large intestine and are 7–10 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 4 –4 in) in diameter.
Quebec French profanities, [1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to consecrate"), are words and expressions related to Catholicism and its liturgy that are used as strong profanities in Quebec French (the main variety of Canadian French) and in Acadian French (spoken in Maritime Provinces, east of Quebec, and a portion of ...