French words and phrases

the phenomenon of feeling as though one has lived through the present situation before

national motto of France and Haiti

thumb|Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects by the painter James Tissot in 1869 is a representation of the popular curiosity about all Japanese items that started with the opening of the country in the [[Meiji Restoration of the 1860s.]] Japonisme is a French term that refers to the popularity and influence of Japanese art and design among a number of Western European artists in the nineteenth century following the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858. Japonisme was first described by French art critic and collector Philippe Burty in 1872.

late 19th-century cultural phenomenon in Europe

social class

Royal motto of the United Kingdom

upholstered chair that is long enough to support the legs

powerful decision-maker or adviser "behind the scenes"

wealthy person whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who is therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy

literary genre

statement

drawing style

thumb|Location of ribs and the entrecôte

concept that nobility confers social responsibilities

thumb|right|400px|Map showing French colonies, protectorates and mandates (in blue) in Africa in 1945; namely French Equatorial Africa, [[French North Africa, French Somaliland and French West Africa. Along with former Belgian colonies (shown in light blue), these areas today make up the bulk of francophone Africa. ]]

thumb|Paul Gavarni, , 1842

thumb|240 px|A fauteuil (elbow chair) thumb|A Louis XVI-style fauteuil gold foiled chair with faux pearls and ottoman

French phrase

rapid incursion into enemy territory in order to attack

Anglo-Norman maxim

the thirty years from 1945 to 1975 following the end of the Second World War in France

''' (or , ; and ', , and ) means 'between the acts'. It can mean a pause between two parts of a stage production, synonymous to an intermission (this is nowadays the more common meaning in French), but it more often (in English) indicates a piece of music performed between acts of a theatrical production. But despite this, an entr'acte is often paired with a longer intermission, as an intermission is usually "between acts." However, there can also be an entr'acte on its own, usually between the two acts without an intermission.

Retorsion (from , from , influenced by Late Latin, 1585–1595, , a twisting, wringing it), a term used in international law, is an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation. A typical example of retorsion is the use of comparably severe measures against citizens of the foreign nation found within the borders of the retaliating nation after the foreign nation has engaged in similar acts. It is different from a reprisal in that the retorsion is always an action in conformity with international law, though unmistakably an unfriendly

phraseme

French nuclear deterrence force

A chevauchée (, "promenade" or "horse charge", depending on context) was a raiding method of medieval warfare for weakening the enemy, primarily by burning and pillaging enemy territory in order to reduce the productivity of a region, in addition to siege warfare most often as part of wars of conquest but occasionally as a punitive raid. The use of the chevauchée declined at the end of the 14th century as the focus of warfare turned to sieges. It is conceptually similar to the scorched earth strategies used in modern warfare.

setting up the kitchen for cooking

thumb|right|Example of a label on a bottle of Zinfandel indicating "Cuvee XXVIII" (28) Cuvée () is a French wine term that derives from cuve, meaning vat or tank. Wine makers use the term cuvée with several meanings, more or less based on the concept of a tank of wine put to some purpose.

far-right political movement that emerged in France during the late 1960s

quote during a 1967 speech by French President Charles de Gaulle in Quebec, Canada

French folk song

soldiers unable to fight

type of government organization

last classified rider in a contest

international relations

cheerful enjoyment of life; an exultation of spirit

thinking of the perfect reply too late

'''''', French for "half-world" is a 19th-century term to describe women on the fringes of respectable society, particularly courtesans supported by wealthy lovers. The term originally derives from an 1855 play called by Alexandre Dumas , which depicted how prostitution challenged the institution of marriage.

'''' is a French term coined by Jacques Derrida. Roughly speaking, the method of différance'' is a way to analyze how signs (words, symbols, metaphors, etc) come to have meanings. It suggests that meaning is not inherent in a sign but arises from its relationships with other signs, a continual process of contrasting with what comes before and later. That is, a sign acquires meaning by being different from other signs. The meaning of a sign changes over time, as new signs keep appearing and old signs keep disappearing. It is central to Derrida's concept of deconstruction, a critical outlook con

political concept

football rivalry between Lyon and Marseille

motto

300px|thumb| in the Belgian Congo studying [[medicine in Medical School of Yakusu Hospital, near Kisangani.]] In the Belgian and French colonial empires, an '''''' (, 'evolved one' or 'developed one') was an African who had been Europeanised through education and assimilation and had accepted European values and patterns of behaviour. spoke French and followed European rather than indigenous laws, usually held white-collar jobs (though rarely higher than clerks), and lived primarily in urban areas.

unattainable object of desire in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan

style customarily used for the eldest living unmarried daughter of a reigning French monarch

17th century French term for a working-class woman

French manner of address

family

official denomination for soldiers dead at war

declaration made by the revolutionary French Assembly

thumb|250px|Three bottles of red Corton AOC wine, from the same appellation, showing different usages of lieu-dit (climat) designations on labels, in addition to the appellation's name. On the left, a wine with no indication of specific lieu-dit, in the middle a wine where Le Rognet is indicated in small print, and on the right a wine from Les Renardes, written hyphenated with Corton as "Corton-Renardes". Lieu-dit (; plural: lieux-dits) (literally location-said, "named place") is a French toponymic term for a small geographical area bearing a traditional name. The name usually refers to some c

thumb|La Palice's epitaph, which lead to this figure of speech. A lapalissade is an obvious truth—i.e. a truism or tautology—which produces a comical effect. It is derived from the name Jacques de la Palice, and the word is used in several languages.

Beur (), or alternatively rebeu, is a colloquial term, sometimes considered pejorative, in French to designate European-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from the Maghreb. The equivalent term for a female beur is a beurette. However, the term beurette is condemned and criticized by several anti-racist organizations because of the xenophobic and degrading connotation that this word has taken on over the decades (in particular because of the fetishization of North African women in France as well as an insult stemming from colonialism: for several years the racial category

idiom and euphemism for orgasm and the time directly thereafter

subculture in Western cultures

political concept

French expression

'''''' ( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respect and term of address for a French-speaking man, corresponding to such English titles as Mr. or sir.

national motto of France during constitutional period (1791-1792)

Norman French phrase used in the Parliament of the United Kingdom