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A chaise longue sofa An 18th-century rococo chaise longue A late 19th-century chaise longue. A chaise longue (/ ʃ eɪ z ˈ l ɒ ŋ, tʃ eɪ z-,-ˈ l ɒ̃ ɡ /; [1] French: [ʃɛz lɔ̃ɡ], "long chair") is an upholstered sofa in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs of the sitter.
In prefixes and composite words, lengthened or doubled pronunciation (gemination) is obvious. It is necessary in cases of different words: nejjasnější [nɛjjasɲɛjʃiː] ('the clearest') vs. nejasnější [nɛjasɲɛjʃiː] ('more unclear'). Doubled pronunciation is perceived as hypercorrect in cases like [t͡sɛnniː] or [mɲɛkkiː].
chez at the house of: often used in the names of restaurants and the like; Chez Marie = "Marie's". chic stylish. Chignon chignon a hairstyle worn in a roll at the nape of the neck. cinéma pur an avant-garde film movement which was born in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. cinéma vérité realism in documentary filmmaking. "Vérité" means "truth ...
Chc-i want- 1SG navštív-it visit- INF universit-u, university- SG. ACC, na on kter-ou which- SG. F. ACC chod-í attend- 3SG Jan. John. SG. NOM Chc-i navštív-it universit-u, na kter-ou chod-í Jan. want-1SG visit-INF university-SG.ACC, on which-SG.F.ACC attend-3SG John.SG.NOM I want to visit the university that John attends. Declension Main article: Czech declension In Czech, nouns and ...
French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Czech on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Czech in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
French phonology is the sound system of French.This article discusses mainly the phonology of all the varieties of Standard French.Notable phonological features include the uvular r present in some accents, nasal vowels, and three processes affecting word-final sounds:
Picard (/ ˈ p ɪ k ɑːr d /, [4] also US: / p ɪ ˈ k ɑːr d, ˈ p ɪ k ər d /, [5] [6] French: ⓘ) is a langue d'oïl of the Romance language family spoken in the northernmost of France and parts of Hainaut province in Belgium.