Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A custom, usage, or idiom peculiar to or characteristic of France or the French; a Gallicism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
custom peculiar toFrance . - noun A
word ,phrase or linguistic feature typical ofFrench .
Etymologies
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French + -ism
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Examples
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This sounded decent and well; but you may guess that he had squeezed a little Frenchism into his intention, and had asked for a vessel and some soldiers to attend him.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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