Here are the French words we use in English, in a manner that even the French themselves may not quite understand. The French like to pinch words from English and then reinvent them - something we ...

no etymology given, 4.03 percent; derived from proper names, 3.28 percent; all other languages, less than 1 percent. So here is the list of commonly used 50 French words used in English language: ...

The English king, Harold ... also thousands of examples of French words that are exactly the same as French words used in French still today. Here are just a few for you below.

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When you’re an English speaker learning French, one of the best surprises is how many words are cognates—words that look and ...

Photo: The Local More and more French adverts use English words or phrases in a blending of languages that might strike an English-speaker as strange or odd. In reality, this is part of a wider ...

It comes from an Old French word for deserve, and it was used in English from the 13th century to mean "that which is deserved." When you get your just deserts, you get your due. In some cases ...

France’s linguistic watchdog, the Académie Française, has banned the official use of tech jargon ... the purity of the French language, with English words seen as a particular threat.