Look up French or french in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. French may refer to: Something of, from, or related to France French language, which originated...
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France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in...
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d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic...
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The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the...
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elsewhere in France, the official language is standard French, but each ethnic community has its own language, of which French Guianese Creole, a French-based...
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Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug...
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associated with Standard French. It is now seen as a variety of French alongside Acadian French, Belgian French, Quebec French, Swiss French, etc. In Paris, nasal...
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French Polynesia (/ˌpɒlɪˈniːʒə/ POL-ih-NEE-zhə; French: Polynésie française [pɔlinezi fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ; Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity...
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The French people (French: Les Français, lit. 'The French') are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history...
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The French Navy (French: Marine nationale, lit. 'National Navy'), informally La Royale, is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the...
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Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French rump state headed by...
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French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, was...
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Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial...
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The French Open (French: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]), is a tennis tournament organized by...
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divisions of France List of French regions and overseas collectivities by GDP List of French regions by Human Development Index List of regions of France by population...
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to Rochester, New York. They named their new mill the R.T. French Company. Robert French died in 1893 and George became company president. George (who...
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The French Third Republic (French: Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4...
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The French colonial empire (French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French...
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French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy regime in France during...
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of France, officially the president of the French Republic (French: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and...
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New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
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In the administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ) is one of the three levels of government under...
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The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the...
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This is a list of French regions and overseas territories by Human Development Index as of 2022. The regions since 2016 that the pre-2016 regions correspond...
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§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language. It is based on a combination...
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French fries (North American English & British English), chips (British and other national varieties), finger chips (Indian English), french-fried potatoes...
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The commune (French pronunciation: [kɔmyn] ) is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships...
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French Canadians, referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century, are an ethnic group descended from French colonists first arriving in...
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empresses as wives of French monarchs from the 843 Treaty of Verdun, which gave rise to West Francia, until 1870, when the French Third Republic was declared...
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French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France. In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel, a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le...
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