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  2. List of French words of English origin - Wikipedia

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    While the word is in common use, the Académie française recommends a French synonym, "exclusivité". [2] le selfie. The word was included in French dictionary "Le Petit Robert" in 2015, along with "hashtag". [3] le sandwich; le bulldozer; l'email / le mail; cool: great, cool, [expression of approval]. le dressing. A dressing room or walk-in ...

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...

  4. List of titles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of personal titles arranged in a sortable table. They can be sorted: Alphabetically; By language, nation, or tradition of origin; By function. See Separation of duties for a description of the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative functions as they are generally understood today.

  5. Here are 101 of the coolest celebrity baby names

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    The meaning of their first born's name is a bit mysterious to the public, but the rapper explained on the Rap Radar podcast that Rumi was named after a 13th century poet.

  6. Wolfgang - Wikipedia

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    The earliest recorded famous bearer of the name was a tenth-century Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg. Due to the lack of conflict with the pagan reference in the name with Catholicism, it is likely a much more ancient name whose meaning had already been lost by the tenth century.

  7. Say Her Name! Beyonce Is Getting Added to the French ... - AOL

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    Beyonce Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Beyoncé: proper noun. American singer of R&B and pop. That entry will soon be added to the French Le Petit Larousse dictionary along ...

  8. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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    A great number of words of French origin have entered the English language, to the extent that many Latin words have come to the English language. Up to 45% of all English words have a French origin. [1] [verification needed] [better source needed] This suggests that 80,000 words should appear in this list.

  9. List of pseudo-French words in English - Wikipedia

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    The first continued in its adopted language in its original obsolete form centuries after it had changed its form in national French: bon viveur – the second word is not used in French as such, [1] while in English it often takes the place of a fashionable man, a sophisticate, a man used to elegant ways, a man-about-town, in fact a bon vivant ...