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| But many more French words and phrases are less assimilated than those above, and they are often written, like other foreign words, in italics. They can retain their written French accents in (especially British) English. None of these accents should be regarded as compulsory in English, but they are often used (as are also the cedilla in '''curaçao''', probably from Portuguese, and the umlaut in the German '''doppelgänger'''). | | But many more French words and phrases are less assimilated than those above, and they are often written, like other foreign words, in italics. They can retain their written French accents in (especially British) English. None of these accents should be regarded as compulsory in English, but they are often used (as are also the cedilla in '''curaçao''', probably from Portuguese, and the umlaut in the German '''doppelgänger'''). |
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| ===List of French words=== | | ===List of French words in English=== |
| This is a list of words that may retain their French written accents, or be written in italics, or have a strange or little-known pronunciation in English, in any combination. The accents in the pronunciation column show stress and pronunciation (see [[English spellings]] for a table). The equals sign (=) introduces a word that has the same pronunciation (no other kind of connection is implied), and an asterisk (*) is placed before a respelling.
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| !Spelling, French accents optional
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| !Pronunciation<ref>Ideally, final -n nasalises the preceding vowel, but some just pronounce the n.</ref>
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| |-
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| |absinth(e)
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| |ábsínth, ábsànth; or -t
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| |-
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| |-íz (= '''ís''')
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| |-êez (= '''êase''')
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| |-
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| |à deux
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| |*à-dë
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| |(agent) provocateur
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| |*ázhonprovoca-tër
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| |-
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| |aiguille
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| |*aigwîl
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| |aiguillétte
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| |*aigwilét
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| |aileron
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| |âileron
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| |-
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| |à la carte
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| |*àlà-càrt
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| |-
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| |à la mode
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| |*àlà-môde
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| |-
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| |amour propre
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| |*amorprópr
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| |-
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| |ancien régime
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| |*ánciàrè-zhêem
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| |-
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| |apéritif
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| |*aperitêef
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| |-
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| |appelation
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| |appelâtion
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| |-
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| |argot ''slang''
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| |= Àrgo ''ship''
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| |-
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| |arrière-ban
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| |*áriér-bán
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| |arrière-pensée
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| |*áriér-pànsây
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| |arriviste
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| |*árì-vêest
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| |-
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| |arrondissement
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| |*áron-dêesmon
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| |-
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| |aubergine<ref>British English; egg plant in American.</ref>
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| |*ôberzhêen
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| |-
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| |au fait
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| |ôh Fây
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| |-
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| |au fond
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| |ôh *fón
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| |-
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| |au poivre
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| |ôh *pwàhvr
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| |au pair
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| |ôh pãir
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| |-
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| |baguette
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| |*bagét
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| |-
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| |ballet
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| |*bálay
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| |-
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| |beau ''singular'', beaux, beaus ''plural''
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| |*bô ''singular'', bôz ''plural''
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| |-
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| |beaucoup (slang)
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| |*bô-coô
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| |-
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| |beau geste, beaux gestes, beau gestes ''plural''
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| |*bô-zhést
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| |beau ideal, beaux ideals ''plural''
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| |*bôwidây-ál, bôzidây-ál
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| |beau monde
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| |*bô-mónd
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| |beaux arts
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| |*bô-zàr
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| |-
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| |belle ''of the ball''
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| |= béll ''ring''
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| |-
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| |belle epoque
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| |*bélây-pók
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| |belles lettres
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| |béll *létra
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| |-
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| |blancmange
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| |*bləmànzh
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| |bête noire
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| |*bét-nwà(r)
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| |bidet
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| |BrE *bêedây, AmE *bidây, bidét
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| |bizarre ''strange''
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| |*bí-zàr, cf. bazàar ''shop'', bə-
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| |blasé
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| |*blà-zây
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| |-
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| |blouse
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| |*blòuz
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| |-
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| |blouson
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| |*bloûzon
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| |-
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| |bouclé
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| |*boûclây
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| |-
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| |boudin
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| |*boûdán
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| |-
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| |boudoir
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| |*boûdwàr
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| |-
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| |bouffant
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| |*boûffàn
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| |-
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| |bougie
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| |*boozhêe
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| |-
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| |bouillabaisse
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| |*bwêeabâisse
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| |-
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| |bouillon
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| |*bwêeon
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| |-
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| |boule
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| |boûle
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| |-
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| |boulevard
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| |boûlevard
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| |-
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| |boulevardier
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| |*boôlə-vàrdiay
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| |-
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| |bouleversement
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| |*boôlə-vérsmón
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| |-
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| |bon mot
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| |*bón-mô
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| |-
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| |bon ton
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| |*bón-tón
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| |-
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| |bon vivant
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| |*bon-vìvàn
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| |-
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| |boutique
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| |*bootêek
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| |-
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| |boutonnière
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| |*boôtoni-ére
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| |-
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| |bric-à-brac
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| |brícabrac
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| |-
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| |brie
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| |brìe
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| |-
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| |brioche
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| |brêe-ósh
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| |-
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| |bureau de change
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| |*bûrodə-shónzh
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| |-
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| |cabaret
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| |cábəray
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| |-
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| |cabernet franc
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| |*cábernây-fràn, some AmE *cábernây-fránk
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| |cabernet sauvignon
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| |*cábernâysovêen-yón
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| |cabinet
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| |cábinet
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| |cabotin
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| |cabotán
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| |-
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| |cabriole
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| |cabriôle
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| |-
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| |cabriolet
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| |*cabriolây
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| |-
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| |cachalot
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| |*cáshalót, *cáshalô
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| |-
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| |cache ''hide''
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| |= cásh ''money
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| |-
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| |cachepot
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| |*cáshpo, *cáshpót
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| |-
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| |cachet
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| |*cáshây
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| |-
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| |cachou ''lozenge, catechu''
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| |= cáshew ''nut''
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| |-
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| |café
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| |cáfè
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| |-
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| |camembert
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| |cámembér
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| |-
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| |camouflage
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| |cáməflàzh
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| |-
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| |canapé
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| |cánapè
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| |-
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| |canard
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| |cánard
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| |-
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| |carte blanche
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| |*càrt-blànsh
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| |-
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| |cause célèbre
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| |*côze-celébrə
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| |-
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| |c'ést la vie
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| |*sâyla-vêe
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| |-
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| |c'ést la guerre
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| |*sâyla-gãir
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| |-
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| |chablis
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| |*shábly
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| |-
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| |chacun à son goût
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| |*shákən-ason-goô
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| |-
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| |chagrin
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| |*shágrin
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| |-
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| |chamois
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| |BrE *shámwà, AmE *shámmy
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| |-
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| |Champagne, BrE champagne<ref>Also BrE '''champâign''' with the meaning 'open country'.</ref>
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| |shám pâin
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| |-
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| |chanteuse
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| |BrE *shàn-tëuz, AmE *shán-tûz
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| |-
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| |chapeau, chapeaux ''plural''
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| |*sháppo, *sháppôz
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| |-
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| |chaperon
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| |*sháperôn
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| |-
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| |charabanc
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| |*shárabang
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| |charade
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| |BrE *shəràd, AmE *shərâde
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| |-
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| |charivari
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| |BrE *sharivàri, AmE *shivarêe
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| |-
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| |chartreuse
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| |BrE *shartrëuz, AmE *shartreûz
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| |-
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| |château, châteaux ''plural''
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| |*shátto, *sháttôz
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| |-
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| |chauffeur
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| |*shô-fër
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| |-
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| |chemin de fer (card game)
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| |*shəmánda fãir
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| |-
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| |chemise
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| |*shəmêez
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| |-
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| |chemisette
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| |*shəmeezét
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| |-
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| |cherchez la femme, chercher la femme
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| |*shérchèla-fám
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| |-
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| |cheval-de-frise, chevaux-de-frise
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| |*shəváldə frêeze, *shəvôdə frêeze
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| |-
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| |chevalier
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| |*shəválêeây
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| |-
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| |chevelure
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| |*shəvəlûre
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| |-
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| |chèvre
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| |*shévra
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| |-
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| |chez ''house''
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| |= Shây ''person''
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| |-
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| |choucroute
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| |shoô *croût
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| |-
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| |cinema
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| |cínemà, *cínemə
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| |-
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| |cinemathèque
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| |*cínematek
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| |-
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| |cinemaphotograph
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| |cínema phôtograph
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| |-
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| |cinema verite
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| |cínema *véritè
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| |-
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| |Cítroën ™
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| |*Sítrən
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| |-
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| |cliché
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| |*clêeshây ([[American English|AmE]] stresses 2nd syllable)
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| |-
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| |clientèle
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| |*cleeontél
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| |-
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| |Cointreau, BrE cointreau
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| |*quantrô
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| |-
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| |collage
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| |*cóllàzh
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| |-
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| |colonnade
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| |colonnâde
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| |-
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| |comme ci, comme ça
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| |*comsêe-comsà
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| |-
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| |comme il faut
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| |*comêel-fô
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| |-
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| |commode
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| |commôde
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| |-
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| |commune
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| |cómmune
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| |-
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| |compère
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| |cómpére ''host'', cf. compãre ''contrast''
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| |-
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| |compote
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| |compóte
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| |-
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| |concierge
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| |*cóncìërzh
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| |-
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| |confit
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| |*cónfì
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| |-
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| |confrère
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| |cónfrére
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| |-
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| |concours d'elegance
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| |*concordele-gànce
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| |-
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| |consommé
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| |consómmè
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| |-
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| |contretemps
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| |*cóntratóm
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| |-
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| |coq au vin
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| |cóck ôh ván
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| |-
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| |coquette
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| |*cô-két
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| |-
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| |corniche
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| |cor-nêesh
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| |-
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| |cornichon
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| |*cornishón
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| |-
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| |corps ''army''
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| |= cŏre ''apple''
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| |-
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| |corps de ballet
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| |*cŏrda-bálay
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| |-
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| |corps d'élite
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| |*cŏrdây-lêet
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| |-
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| |corsage
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| |*corsàzh
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| |-
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| |corsetière
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| |corsetiére
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| |-
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| |coulis, coulisse
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| |coulìsse
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| |-
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| |coup d'état
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| |*coôdây-tà
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| |-
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| |coup de grace
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| |*coôdəgràss
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| |-
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| |coup de théâtre<ref>'Theatre' outside this phrase has no accents and is pronounced *thêeətə(r).</ref>
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| |*coôdətay-átrə
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| |-
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| |coupé
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| |coûpè
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| |-
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| |courgette<ref>British English; zucchini in American.</ref>
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| |*cŏr-zhét
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| |-
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| |cortège
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| |*cŏr-tézh
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| |-
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| |crème
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| |créme
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| |-
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| |crème brulé
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| |créme brûlây
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| |-
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| |crèpe
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| |crèpe
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| |-
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| |crochet
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| |*crôshây
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| |-
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| |croissant
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| |*quàson
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| |-
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| |crôquet
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| |*crôcây
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| |-
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| |croquette
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| |*crockét
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| |-
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| |croquignole
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| |*cróckêen-yôle
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| |-
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| |croquis
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| |*cróck-êe
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| |-
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| |croupier
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| |*croôpêeây
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| |-
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| |croustade
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| |*crùs-tàd
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| |-
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| |crouton
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| |*croôton
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| |-
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| |cuirassier
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| |quêer-ássiây
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| |-
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| |cuisine
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| |*quêe-zêen
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| |-
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| |cul-de-sac
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| |*cúll de sáck
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| |-
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| |culotte
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| |*culót
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| |-
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| |curé
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| |*cyûrây
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| |-
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| |curetage
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| |*cyùretàzh
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| |-
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| |curette, curet
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| |*cyurét
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| |-
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| |demimonde, demimondaine
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| |démimonde, demimondâine
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| |-
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| |debâcle
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| |debàcle
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| |-
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| |débris
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| |BrE *débrêe or *dèbrêe, AmE *dəbrêe
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| |-
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| |début
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| |*dèbyû or *débyû
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| |-
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| |débutant
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| |*dèbyûtàn or *débyûtàn
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| |-
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| |décolletage ''noun'', décolleté ''male'', décolletée ''female''
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| |*daycoletàzh, daycoletây
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| |-
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| |déclassé
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| |declássè
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| |-
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| |dégringolade
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| |dây-gráng-go-làd
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| |-
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| |de haut en bas
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| |də-ôwàn-bà
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| |-
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| |déjà vu
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| |*dèzhà-vû
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| |-
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| |deluxe, de luxe
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| |*də-lúxe, də-lûxe
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| |-
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| |de rigueur
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| |*dərigër - hard g
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| |-
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| |dernier cri
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| |*dãirny-ãir-crêe
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| |-
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| |derrière
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| |Dérry ãir
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| |-
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| |détente
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| |*daytànt
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| |-
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| |de trop
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| |*dətrô
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| |-
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| |demimondaine
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| |*démimon-dâne
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| |-
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| |digestif
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| |*deezhestêef
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| |-
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| |discothèque
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| |*díscoték
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| |-
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| |divorcé ''man'', divorcée ''woman''; divorcee ''either''
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| |divorsây; divorcêe
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| |-
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| |double-entendre
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| |*doôblon-tóndrə
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| |-
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| |douche
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| |*doôsh
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| |-
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| |doyen ''man'', doyenne ''woman''
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| |doyén
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| |-
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| |du jour <ref>Used only in expressions with a preceeding noun: soupe du jour, buzzword du jour, starlet du jour, etc.</ref>
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| |dû-zhûr
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| |-
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| |eau-de-Cologne
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| |*ôda-Colône
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| |-
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| |eau-de-vie
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| |*ôda-vêe
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| |-
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| |éclair
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| |eclãir
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| |-
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| |éclat
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| |*è-clà
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| |-
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| |élan
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| |*è-làn
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| |-
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| |émigré
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| |émigrè
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| |-
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| |en attendant
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| |*onətóndón
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| |-
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| |en banc
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| |*onbónc
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| |-
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| |en bloc, bloc
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| |ón blóck, blóc
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| |-
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| |en brochette
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| |*onbroshét
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| |-
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| |enceinte
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| |*onsánt
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| |-
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| |en clair
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| |ón Clãir
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| |-
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| |en face
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| |*onfáss
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| |-
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| |en famille
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| |*onfamì
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| |-
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| |en fête
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| |*onfét
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| |-
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| |en masse
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| |ón máss
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| |-
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| |en passant
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| |*onpásson
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| |-
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| |en plein
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| |*onplán
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| |-
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| |en poste
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| |*onpóst
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| |-
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| |en prise
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| |*onprêez
| |
| |-
| |
| |en rapport
| |
| |*onrá-pŏ(r)
| |
| |-
| |
| |en route
| |
| |*ón-roûte
| |
| |-
| |
| |en suite
| |
| |*onswêet
| |
| |-
| |
| |enfant terrible
| |
| |*ónfànté-rìbl
| |
| |-
| |
| |engagé
| |
| |*ongázhây
| |
| |-
| |
| |entrée
| |
| |*óntrây
| |
| |-
| |
| |esprit de corps
| |
| |*esprêedə-cŏ(r)
| |
| |-
| |
| |exposé
| |
| |*expôzây, cf. expôse
| |
| |-
| |
| |façade
| |
| |*fassàd
| |
| |-
| |
| |fait accompli
| |
| |*fétəcóm-plêe
| |
| |-
| |
| |faute de mieux
| |
| |*fôte *de-myə
| |
| |-
| |
| |fête ''festival''
| |
| |= fâte ''destiny''
| |
| |-
| |
| |fiancé ''man'', fiancée ''woman''
| |
| |*fì-ànsây
| |
| |-
| |
| |flânerie
| |
| |*flánə-rìe
| |
| |-
| |
| |flâneur
| |
| |flanëur
| |
| |-
| |
| |foie gras
| |
| |*fwà-grà
| |
| |-
| |
| |folie à deux
| |
| |*folìà-dë
| |
| |-
| |
| |fondant
| |
| |*fóndàn
| |
| |-
| |
| |franc
| |
| |= Frank ''person''
| |
| |-
| |
| |frisée, frisé
| |
| |*frìzây
| |
| |-
| |
| |frisson
| |
| |frìsson
| |
| |-
| |
| |frottage
| |
| |*frótàzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |frou-frou
| |
| |froû-frou
| |
| |-
| |
| |fuselage
| |
| |*fûsilàzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |fusil
| |
| |*fûzil
| |
| |-
| |
| |fusilier, fusileer
| |
| |fusilêer
| |
| |-
| |
| |fusillade
| |
| |*fuzilàd
| |
| |-
| |
| |gaffe ''mistake''
| |
| |= gáff ''blow, fishing''
| |
| |-
| |
| |garage
| |
| |AmE *gəràzh, *gəràj, BrE *gáràj, *gáràzh or the despised *gáríj
| |
| |-
| |
| |garçon
| |
| |*gà(r)són
| |
| |-
| |
| |garde-manger
| |
| |*gà(r)dmàn-zhây
| |
| |-
| |
| |gâteau, gâteaux
| |
| |*gáttô, *gáttôz
| |
| |-
| |
| |genre
| |
| |*zhónrə
| |
| |-
| |
| |gigot
| |
| |*zhêego
| |
| |-
| |
| |glacée
| |
| |glássây
| |
| |-
| |
| |grand mal
| |
| |grà-mál
| |
| |-
| |
| |grand prix
| |
| |*gràm-prêe
| |
| |-
| |
| |grande dame
| |
| |*gràn-dám
| |
| |-
| |
| |gruyère
| |
| |gruyére
| |
| |-
| |
| |guillotine
| |
| |*gilətêen
| |
| |-
| |
| |haute cuisine
| |
| |ôat-kwì-zêen
| |
| |-
| |
| |haute couture
| |
| |ôat-coô-tûre
| |
| |-
| |
| |honi soit qui mal y pense
| |
| |*ónny-swà-kêe-málly-pànss
| |
| |-
| |
| |hors commerce
| |
| |*orcommérce
| |
| |-
| |
| |hors d'œuvre
| |
| |*ŏ(r)-dëvr
| |
| |-
| |
| |idée fixe
| |
| |*êedây fêex
| |
| |-
| |
| |infusion
| |
| |*ánfûzi-ón
| |
| |-
| |
| |ingénue
| |
| |*ánzhé-nû
| |
| |-
| |
| |je ne sais quoi
| |
| |zhənəsâi-kwà
| |
| |-
| |
| |jeté
| |
| |*zhətay
| |
| |-
| |
| |jeu d'esprit
| |
| |*zhëdé-sprêe
| |
| |-
| |
| |jeunesse dorée
| |
| |*zhənéss-dórây
| |
| |-
| |
| |joie de vivre
| |
| |*zhwàd-vìvrə
| |
| |-
| |
| |julienne
| |
| |juliénne, *zhulién
| |
| |-
| |
| |képi
| |
| |= KP, *kây-pêe,
| |
| |-
| |
| |laissez-faire
| |
| |= lây sây fãir
| |
| |-
| |
| |largesse
| |
| |*larzhéss
| |
| |-
| |
| |lavabo
| |
| |lavàbo
| |
| |-
| |
| |lavage
| |
| |*lavàzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |lavaliere or lavalliere ''pendant''
| |
| |*lavalìer
| |
| |-
| |
| |lavalier or lavaliere ''microphone''
| |
| |*ləválier
| |
| |-
| |
| |lèse-majesté
| |
| |lâys *mázhestay
| |
| |-
| |
| |littérateur
| |
| |literatë(r)
| |
| |-
| |
| |lorgnette, lorgnon
| |
| |lornyét, lornyón
| |
| |-
| |
| |louche
| |
| |*loôsh
| |
| |-
| |
| |luxe
| |
| |*lúx, *lûx
| |
| |-
| |
| |machine
| |
| |*məshêen
| |
| |-
| |
| |madame ''brothel'', Madame ''title''
| |
| |madáme, cf. mádam ''shopping''
| |
| |-
| |
| |maisonette
| |
| |maizonét
| |
| |-
| |
| |maître d'hôtel
| |
| |*métradô-tél, mâitradô-tél
| |
| |-
| |
| |mandoline (also 'mandolin' in English)
| |
| |mándə-lín
| |
| |-
| |
| |marque ''type''
| |
| |= màrk ''write'' = Màrk ''person''
| |
| |-
| |
| |marquee
| |
| |= màrr kêy
| |
| |-
| |
| |matinée
| |
| |mátinèe
| |
| |-
| |
| |mayonnaise
| |
| |mayonnâise
| |
| |-
| |
| |mélange
| |
| |*mây-lànzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |ménage à trois
| |
| |*ménàzhà-twà
| |
| |-
| |
| |menagerie
| |
| |*menádgery
| |
| |-
| |
| |menu
| |
| |*ményu
| |
| |-
| |
| |merlon
| |
| |mérlon
| |
| |-
| |
| |merlot
| |
| |*merlô
| |
| |-
| |
| |Messrs. (abbreviation of ''Messieurs'')
| |
| |*méssers
| |
| |-
| |
| |métier
| |
| |*mâytiây
| |
| |-
| |
| |moi (first person pronoun)
| |
| |*mwà
| |
| |-
| |
| |Monsieur
| |
| |*Məsyər
| |
| |-
| |
| |montage
| |
| |*móntàzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |montagnard
| |
| |*móntanyar
| |
| |-
| |
| |mot juste, le mot juste
| |
| |*mô-zhûst, ləmô-zhûst
| |
| |-
| |
| |moyen-âge
| |
| |*mwayenàzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |naïve
| |
| |*nî-yêeve
| |
| |-
| |
| |naïveté<ref>There is also the anglicisation '''naìvity''', *nà-ìvity.</ref>
| |
| |*nî-yeevì-tây
| |
| |-
| |
| |négligee, négligé
| |
| |néglizhây
| |
| |-
| |
| |Nez Percé
| |
| |*Naypãir sây, *Néz-Pérss, *Nézperz
| |
| |-
| |
| |niche
| |
| |*nêesh
| |
| |-
| |
| |noblesse oblige
| |
| |nô bléss *oblêezh
| |
| |-
| |
| |noir
| |
| |*nwàr
| |
| |-
| |
| |nom de guerre
| |
| |*nóm-de-gãir
| |
| |-
| |
| |nom de plume
| |
| |nóm de plûme
| |
| |-
| |
| |nouveau riche
| |
| |*noôvô-rêesh
| |
| |-
| |
| |nouvelle
| |
| |nuvél
| |
| |-
| |
| |nouvelle cuisine
| |
| |nuvél-quizêen
| |
| |-
| |
| |nouvelle vague
| |
| |nuvél-vàg
| |
| |-
| |
| |objet d'art
| |
| |óbzhâi-dàr
| |
| |-
| |
| |objet trouvé
| |
| |óbzhâi-troûvây
| |
| |-
| |
| |odalisque
| |
| |*ôdalísk
| |
| |-
| |
| |œuvre
| |
| |*ëvr
| |
| |-
| |
| |outré
| |
| |oûtrè
| |
| |-
| |
| |pain-au-chocolat
| |
| |pánnoshoko-là
| |
| |-
| |
| |parquet
| |
| |pà(r)kây
| |
| |-
| |
| |parvenu
| |
| |*pà(r)vən(y)û
| |
| |-
| |
| |pas de bourrée
| |
| |*pàdə-boùray
| |
| |-
| |
| |pas de chat
| |
| |*pàdə-shà
| |
| |-
| |
| |pas de deux
| |
| |*pàdə-dë
| |
| |-
| |
| |pas de quatre
| |
| |*pàdə-kátr
| |
| |-
| |
| |pas de trois
| |
| |*pàdə-twà
| |
| |-
| |
| |passé
| |
| |pássè
| |
| |-
| |
| |passe-partout
| |
| |pàss pâr toô
| |
| |-
| |
| |pâté
| |
| |pátè
| |
| |-
| |
| |petit
| |
| |*pətêe
| |
| |-
| |
| |petit bourgeois
| |
| |*pətêe-bŏrzhwa
| |
| |-
| |
| |petite
| |
| |*pətêet
| |
| |-
| |
| |petite bourgeoisie
| |
| |*pətêet-bŏrzhwa zêe
| |
| |-
| |
| |petite sirah, petite syrah
| |
| |*pətêet-sírə
| |
| |-
| |
| |petit four
| |
| |*pətêe fŏur
| |
| |-
| |
| |petit-maître
| |
| |*pətêe-métr
| |
| |-
| |
| |petit mal
| |
| |*pətêe-mál
| |
| |-
| |
| |petit point
| |
| |*pətêe-pwàn
| |
| |-
| |
| |pied-à-terre
| |
| |*pyédà-téə(r)
| |
| |-
| |
| |pince-nez
| |
| |*pánss-nây
| |
| |-
| |
| |pinot noir
| |
| |*pêeno-nwàr
| |
| |-
| |
| |pirogue
| |
| |pirôgue
| |
| |-
| |
| |pirouette
| |
| |pirouétte
| |
| |-
| |
| |pis aller
| |
| |pêace *állây
| |
| |-
| |
| |pissoir
| |
| |*pêeswahr
| |
| |-
| |
| |piste
| |
| |*pêast
| |
| |-
| |
| |pláteau, pláteaux ''plural''
| |
| |*pláttô, *plátôz; in both, the second syllable is stressed in AmE
| |
| |-
| |
| |pommée
| |
| |pómmây
| |
| |-
| |
| |portmanteau
| |
| |portmántô
| |
| |-
| |
| |poseur
| |
| |*pô-zë(r)
| |
| |-
| |
| |pot-pourri
| |
| |*pôpu-rêe
| |
| |-
| |
| |pouf, pouffe, pouffet
| |
| |poùf, *poùf, *poùffay
| |
| |-
| |
| |poularde
| |
| |poûlarde
| |
| |-
| |
| |pourboire
| |
| |*porbwàr
| |
| |-
| |
| |pourparler
| |
| |*porpàrlay
| |
| |-
| |
| |pousse-café
| |
| |poûss-cafây
| |
| |-
| |
| |poussette
| |
| |poû-sét
| |
| |-
| |
| |proneur
| |
| |prón-ër
| |
| |-
| |
| |protégé
| |
| |*prôtezhây
| |
| |-
| |
| |Provençal
| |
| |*Provonssàl
| |
| |-
| |
| |puisne ''judge''
| |
| |= pûny ''small''
| |
| |-
| |
| |pourboire
| |
| |*porbwàr
| |
| |-
| |
| |pourparler
| |
| |*porpàrlây
| |
| |-
| |
| |pourpoint
| |
| |*porpwàn
| |
| |-
| |
| |pousse-café
| |
| |poosscaffây
| |
| |-
| |
| |poussette
| |
| |poôssét
| |
| |-
| |
| |purée
| |
| |pûrây
| |
| |-
| |
| |quiche
| |
| |*kêesh
| |
| |-
| |
| |raclette
| |
| |*rác-lét
| |
| |-
| |
| |raconteur
| |
| |*rácon-të(r)
| |
| |-
| |
| |ragout
| |
| |ragoû
| |
| |-
| |
| |raison d’être
| |
| |*râizon-détrə
| |
| |-
| |
| |recherché
| |
| |rəshãirshây
| |
| |-
| |
| |rendezvous
| |
| |*róndâyvoô, róndivoô
| |
| |-
| |
| |renifleur
| |
| |*rəníflë(r), *rənì-flë(r), *réniflë(r)
| |
| |-
| |
| |renaissance
| |
| |*renâisàhnss
| |
| |-
| |
| |rentier
| |
| |*ràntêeây
| |
| |-
| |
| |résumé <ref>The second accent (not usually both) is often used to avoid confusion with '''resûme'''.</ref>
| |
| |*rézyumây, *râyzyumây, cf. resûme (*rizyûme)
| |
| |-
| |
| |revanche
| |
| |*revànsh
| |
| |-
| |
| |ricochet
| |
| |*rícəshây
| |
| |-
| |
| |riposte
| |
| |ripóste
| |
| |-
| |
| |risqué
| |
| |*rískây, *rêeskây
| |
| |-
| |
| |rôle ''part''
| |
| |= rôll ''over, eat''
| |
| |-
| |
| |rondure
| |
| |rondûre
| |
| |-
| |
| |roquefort
| |
| |BrE róck fŏr, AmE *rôkefərt, *rôkefŏrt
| |
| |-
| |
| |rosé ''wine''
| |
| |*ro-zây
| |
| |-
| |
| |rosette
| |
| |*rozét
| |
| |-
| |
| |roué
| |
| |roûè (*roôwây)
| |
| |-
| |
| |roulette
| |
| |*roulét
| |
| |-
| |
| |rouge
| |
| |*roûzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |sabotage
| |
| |*sábotàzh
| |
| |-
| |
| |sans
| |
| |sáns
| |
| |-
| |
| |sans culotte
| |
| |sàncû-lót
| |
| |-
| |
| |sauté
| |
| |*sôtây
| |
| |-
| |
| |sauterne, sauternes ''plural''
| |
| |sô-térn
| |
| |-
| |
| |sauvignon blanc
| |
| |sôvêenyàn-blàn
| |
| |-
| |
| |savoir-faire
| |
| |*sávwà-fãir
| |
| |-
| |
| |savoir-vivre
| |
| |*sávwà-vìvrə
| |
| |-
| |
| |séance
| |
| |*sâyónce
| |
| |-
| |
| |sobriquet
| |
| |*sóbrikây
| |
| |-
| |
| |soiree
| |
| |*swàray
| |
| |-
| |
| |soixante-neuf
| |
| |*swàsont-nëf
| |
| |-
| |
| |son et lumière
| |
| |*sonaylumiére
| |
| |-
| |
| |sorbet
| |
| |*sŏrbay
| |
| |-
| |
| |sortie
| |
| |sŏrtie
| |
| |-
| |
| |soubrette
| |
| |*soûbrét
| |
| |-
| |
| |soufflé
| |
| |*soûflây
| |
| |-
| |
| |soupçon
| |
| |*soûpsón
| |
| |-
| |
| |sous vide, sous-vide
| |
| |soô-vêed
| |
| |-
| |
| |steak tartare, or steack tartare
| |
| |steâk tartàre
| |
| |-
| |
| |suture
| |
| |sûture
| |
| |-
| |
| |table d’hôte
| |
| |*tàbla-dôte
| |
| |-
| |
| |tábleau, tábleaux ''plural''
| |
| |*táblô, *táblôz
| |
| |-
| |
| |terrine
| |
| |terrìne
| |
| |-
| |
| |tête-à-tête
| |
| |*tétà-tét
| |
| |-
| |
| |touché
| |
| |*tooshây
| |
| |-
| |
| |tour de force
| |
| |toûr de fŏrce
| |
| |-
| |
| |Tour de France
| |
| |Toûr de Frànce
| |
| |-
| |
| |tourniquet
| |
| |toûrnikây
| |
| |-
| |
| |travail
| |
| |travâil
| |
| |-
| |
| |triage
| |
| |trîage
| |
| |-
| |
| |triste
| |
| |trêest
| |
| |-
| |
| |trompe l'œil
| |
| |trómp-lŏy
| |
| |-
| |
| |troûsseau
| |
| |*trûsô (either stressed)
| |
| |-
| |
| |trouvaille
| |
| |*trouvaî
| |
| |-
| |
| |trouvère
| |
| |*trouvére
| |
| |-
| |
| |valìse
| |
| |*vəlêez
| |
| |-
| |
| |vermouth
| |
| |BrE *vërməth, AmE *vr-moôth
| |
| |-
| |
| |vingt-et-un (blackjack)
| |
| |*vántayán
| |
| |-
| |
| |vis-à-vis
| |
| |*víza-vêe, vêezà-vêe
| |
| |-
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| |vive...<ref>Used only in expressions with a following noun: vive le roi, vive la France, vive la différence, etc.</ref>
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| |voilà
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| |voyageur
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| |*vŏyázh-ër, *vwŷázh-ër
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| |voyeur
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| |*vŏy-ër, *vwŷ-ër
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| ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
See the tab above for an extensive CATALOG of French words in English.
There have been French words in English since the time of Chaucer. It was he who imported those that end in -sion or -tion (though he often also spelt them -cion or -cioun). More recent additions are ménû, machìne (-sh-), façàde (*fəssàd), crèpe and elìte (the accents, which are not the same as the ones used in French, show stress and pronunciation, see English phonemes for the IPA and English spellings for a table). English more-or-less French pronunciation is typified by the proper names *Cítron, *Përzho and *Rénno for Cítroen, Pëugeot and Rénault. Pronouncing French words too Frenchly sounds pretentious in an English context. Why say 'Stephàne Grapellỳ' when it is so much easier to say *Stéfən Grəpélly? Boulŏgne (*Bə-lŏin, as opposed to French 'Bû-lónyə') and Páris (with s sounded) have anglicised pronunciations, as do the painters Dègàs (*Dâygà for 'Dəgá' - the name was originally de Gas) and Rénoir (*Rénwà instead of *Rənwàr - the anglicised pronunciations are generally spurned by those anglophones who have learnt French, but even they would not normally in an English context pronounce the final r in Renoir); by contrast the more recently famous country Nigèr has a French-style pronunciation, *Nì-zhãir - in contrast to Nigêria (*Nîjêria) and the river Nîger.
But many more French words and phrases are less assimilated than those above, and they are often written, like other foreign words, in italics. They can retain their written French accents in (especially British) English. None of these accents should be regarded as compulsory in English, but they are often used (as are also the cedilla in curaçao, probably from Portuguese, and the umlaut in the German doppelgänger).
List of French words in English
Click on the CATALOG tab at the top of the screen.
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