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  2. Vaporetto - Wikipedia

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    The name, vaporetto, could be translated as "little steamer", and refers to similarly purposed ships in the past that were run by steam. Venetians call the vaporetto "un batèlo" or "un vaporino". The waterbus line is operated by Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (ACTV), the Venetian public transport system. The vaporetto is necessary ...

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche

  4. Grande Armée slang - Wikipedia

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    As with all armed forces throughout history, the French Grande Armée of the Napoleonic Wars used a colorful and extensive vocabulary of slang terms to describe their lives, times and circumstances and express their reactions towards them. This is a partial glossary article meant to supplement the articles on La Grande Armée and Military slang ...

  5. List of French dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Catholicon - purported first French dictionary: 1499 Thresor de la langue françoyse tant ancienne que moderne : 1606 Dictionnaire de l'Académie française: 1694 to present Littré: 1877 Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse: 1982-1985 Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle: 1866-1890 Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes

  6. Category:French dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Category: French dictionaries. 23 languages. ... Dictionary of Received Ideas; T. Trésor de la langue française; Trésor de la langue française informatisé ...

  7. Category:French words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves.As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title).

  8. Rondeau (forme fixe) - Wikipedia

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    A rondeau (French:; plural: rondeaux) is a form of medieval and Renaissance French poetry, as well as the corresponding musical chanson form. Together with the ballade and the virelai it was considered one of three formes fixes, and one of the verse forms in France most commonly set to music between the late 13th and the 15th centuries.

  9. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    un, una, or uno One or "a" (indefinite article), as exemplified in the following entries un poco or un peu (Fr.) A little una corda One string (i.e., in piano music, depressing the soft pedal, which alters and reduces the volume of the sound). For most notes in modern pianos, this results in the hammer striking two strings rather than three.