A list of 75 words by BrainyBabe.
- risquewas added by whichbe and appears on 39 lists
- fauxwas added by pollyanna and appears on 74 lists
- belle epoquewas added by BrainyBabe and appears on 3 lists
- sans souciwas added by rolig and appears on 5 lists
- cri de cœurwas added by rolig and appears on just this list
- rendezvouswas added by whichbe and appears on 113 lists
- chicwas added by rolig and appears on 68 lists
- sans-culottewas added by rolig and appears on 6 lists
- sans serifwas added by rolig and appears on 5 lists
- à la modewas added by rolig and appears on 8 lists
- à lawas added by rolig and appears on 7 lists
- en passantwas added by rolig and appears on 21 lists
- entre nouswas added by rolig and appears on 7 lists
- negligeewas added by rolig and appears on 26 lists
- je ne sais quoiwas added by rolig and appears on 57 lists
- belles-lettreswas added by rolig and appears on 20 lists
- billet-douxwas added by rolig and appears on 48 lists
- détentewas added by rolig and appears on 22 lists
- ententewas added by rolig and appears on 28 lists
- cachetwas added by rolig and appears on 78 lists
- élanwas added by rolig and appears on 66 lists
- esprit de l'escalierwas added by sionnach and appears on 17 lists
- vernissagewas added by sionnach and appears on 30 lists
- bric-à-bracwas added by sionnach and appears on 6 lists
- idée fixewas added by sionnach and appears on 39 lists
- legerdemainwas added by sionnach and appears on 219 lists
- canardwas added by sionnach and appears on 203 lists
- hors de combatwas added by sionnach and appears on 12 lists
- raison d’êtrewas added by sionnach and appears on 10 lists
- maître d’was added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- cause célébrewas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- tête-à-têtewas added by sionnach and appears on 26 lists
- mouton enragéwas added by sionnach and appears on 7 lists
- bete noirewas added by yarb and appears on 34 lists
- chateauwas added by yarb and appears on 26 lists
- fauxwas added by yarb and appears on 74 lists
- rougewas added by yarb and appears on 53 lists
- pied à terrewas added by yarb and appears on 6 lists
- folie à deuxwas added by yarb and appears on 22 lists
- baguettewas added by yarb and appears on 38 lists
- double entendrewas added by yarb and appears on 23 lists
- outréwas added by yarb and appears on 36 lists
- ménage à troiswas added by yarb and appears on 16 lists
- ennuiwas added by yarb and appears on 483 lists
- encorewas added by yarb and appears on 29 lists
- avant-gardewas added by yarb and appears on 63 lists
- genrewas added by yarb and appears on 66 lists
- coup d'étatwas added by yarb and appears on 8 lists
- laissez-fairewas added by yarb and appears on 32 lists
- trompe l'oeilwas added by yarb and appears on 33 lists
- adieuwas added by yarb and appears on 45 lists
- flambeauwas added by yarb and appears on 25 lists
- mélangewas added by yarb and appears on 24 lists
- gauchewas added by yarb and appears on 186 lists
- embonpointwas added by yarb and appears on 79 lists
- malaisewas added by yarb and appears on 128 lists
- ingenuewas added by yarb and appears on 107 lists
- motifwas added by yarb and appears on 72 lists
- savoir-fairewas added by yarb and appears on 26 lists
- sang-froidwas added by yarb and appears on 72 lists
- parvenuwas added by yarb and appears on 154 lists
- sobriquetwas added by yarb and appears on 244 lists
- risquéwas added by yarb and appears on 42 lists
- film noirwas added by yarb and appears on 13 lists
- flâneurwas added by yarb and appears on 37 lists
- contretempswas added by yarb and appears on 116 lists
- bourgeoiswas added by yarb and appears on 119 lists
- coquettewas added by yarb and appears on 121 lists
- naïvewas added by whichbe and appears on 35 lists
- touchéwas added by whichbe and appears on 41 lists
- hors d'œuvrewas added by whichbe and appears on 3 lists
- cliquewas added by whichbe and appears on 74 lists
- dernier criwas added by BrainyBabe and appears on 17 lists
- coq au vinwas added by BrainyBabe and appears on 4 lists
- gitewas added by BrainyBabe and appears on 6 lists
BrainyBabe commented on the list loan-words-from-french
"Village"? Really? I don't see it, myself.
December 24, 2008
whichbe commented on the list loan-words-from-french
Oh, well, I don't remember where I got that from. Feel free to remove it.
December 24, 2008
taciturnyetprolix commented on the list loan-words-from-french
Is it fair to call them "loan" words? Is the anglophone world going to have to give these words back to the French, with interest?
December 24, 2008
rolig commented on the list loan-words-from-french
I assume you are mainly interested in recent borrowings, from the last two hundred years or so, and not those that go back to the Norman Conquest, which would be a hefty chunk of the vocabulary of Modern English.
December 24, 2008
BrainyBabe commented on the list loan-words-from-french
My intention was to gather words that are recognisably French, not those that have been fully digested and absorbed into colloquial English, as for instance "entrepreneur" has been. ("The problem with the French is that they have no word for entrepreneur.")
One sign of the word's relatively recent welcome into English would be, as with gite, that Anglophones make an effort to use French pronunciation.
December 24, 2008
seanahan commented on the list loan-words-from-french
Looking up the etymologies, village is French and town is English, which is about what I expected here.
January 2, 2009
michaelt42 commented on the list loan-words-from-french
How abut the topical quenelle?
January 24, 2014