Petite : (of a woman) attractively small and dainty. Par excellence : the best example of its type. Omelette : a dish of beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan and served plain or with a savoury or sweet topping or filling. Nouveau riche: people who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or lacking in good taste. Menu : a list of dishes available in a restaurant. Matinee : an afternoon performance in a theatre or cinema. Laissez-faire: unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities Joie de vivre: is a feeling of happiness and enjoyment of life. Je ne sais quoi : I don't know what: used to describe an attractive, distinctive, or special thing. Hors d’œuvre : a small savoury dish, typically one served as an appetizer. Genre : a style or category of art, music, or literature. Gateau : a rich cake, typically one containing layers of cream or fruit. Femme fatal : an attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately cause distress to a man who becomes involved with her.įiancé / fiancée : a man/woman to whom someone is engaged to be married.įilm noir: a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. Faux : made in imitation artificial, not genuine fake or false.įaux pas : an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation. Course leading nowhere.ĭe rigueur: required by etiquette or current fashion.ĭepot: a place for the storage of large quantities of equipment, food, or goods.ĭu jour: made for a particular day / currently very fashionable or popularĮn route: during the course of a journey on the way.Įntrepreneur: a person who sets up a business for profit.įait accompli: an action which has already been done and which cannot be changed. The sporting contest false start is attested by 1850.Aperitif: an alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite.Īu pair: a young foreign female who helps with housework or childcare in exchange for food, a room, and some pocket money.Īvant-garde: new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.īlond(e): having fair hair and a light complexionīon appétit: used as a salutation to a person about to eat.īon vivant: a person who devotes themselves to a sociable and luxurious lifestyle.īouquet: an attractively arranged bunch of flowers.īourgeois: belonging to or characteristic of the middle class.īoutique: a small shop selling fashionable clothes or accessories.īrunette: a woman or girl with dark brown hair.Ĭafé : a small restaurant selling light meals and drinks.Ĭarte blanche: complete freedom to act as one wishes.Ĭhauffeur: a person employed to drive a private or hired car.Ĭhic: elegantly and stylishly fashionable.Ĭliché: a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.Ĭoup (d’état): a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.Ĭritique: evaluation (a theory or practice) in a detailed and analytical way / evaluate.Ĭul-de-sac: a street or passage closed at one end. False prophet "one who prophecies without divine commission or by evil spirits," is attested from late 13c. To bear false witness is attested from mid-13c. False step (1700) translates French faux pas. as "contrary to fact or reason, erroneous, wrong." Adopted into other Germanic languages (cognates: German falsch, Dutch valsch, Old Frisian falsk, Danish falsk), though in English alone does the active sense of "deceitful" (a secondary sense in Latin) predominate.įalse alarm recorded from 1570s. 1200 as "deceitful, disloyal, treacherous not genuine " from early 14c. Late Old English, "intentionally untrue, lying," of religion, "not of the true faith, not in accord with Christian doctrines," from Old French fals, faus "false, fake incorrect, mistaken treacherous, deceitful" (12c., Modern French faux), from Latin falsus "deceptive, feigned, deceitful, pretend," also "deceived, erroneous, mistaken," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint," which is of uncertain origin (see fail (v.)).įrom c.
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