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cachet. lit. "stamp"; a distinctive quality; quality, prestige. café. a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). Café au lait. café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque.
t. e. A ménage à trois ( French: [menaʒ a tʁwɑ]) is a domestic arrangement or committed relationship consisting of three people in polyamorous romantic or sexual relations with each other, and often dwelling together. [ 1][ 2] The phrase is a loan from French meaning " household of three". Contemporary arrangements are sometimes identified ...
Quebec French profanity. Mailbox sign using French-Canadian profanity. The English (approximate) translation is "No fucking admail ". Tabarnak is the strongest form of that sacre, derived from tabernacle (where the Eucharist is stored, in Roman Catholicism ). Quebec French profanities, [ 1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to ...
Judges are called "Monsieur le Président" or "Madame la Présidente" ("Madame le Président" is sometimes preferred in France) if they preside over a court of justice, or "Monsieur le Juge" and "Madame la Juge" ("Madame le Juge" is sometimes preferred in France and in Canada) otherwise. Any other honorific is usually created by using "Monsieur ...
A château ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑto]; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowadays, a château may be any stately residence built in a French ...
The French word for a person who practices charcuterie is charcutier.The etymology of the word is the combination of chair and cuite, or cooked flesh.The Herbsts in Food Lover's Companion say, "it refers to the products, particularly (but not limited to) pork specialties such as pâtés, rillettes, galantines, crépinettes, etc., which are made and sold in a delicatessen-style shop, also ...
Gîte. A gîte or gite ( French pronunciation: [ʒit]) is, typically, a holiday rental home in France, but there are many interpretations of the term 'gîte'. They range from a gîtes d'etape — a hostel, for walkers and cyclists — to a gîte rural, a holiday home in the country available for rent, often an accessory dwelling unit.
The commune ( French pronunciation: [kɔmyn] ⓘ) is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeinden in Germany, comuni in Italy, or municipios in Spain. The UK equivalent are civil parishes.