french : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the French (Norman) language used in medieval England
  Anglo-Norman.
  

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• noun the French language as spoken in Quebec, Canada
  

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• noun United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
  French.
  

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• noun a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
  Fighting French.
  

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• noun a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
  Fighting French.
  

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• noun an honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government
  
  • the French Academy sets standards for the use of the French language

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• noun a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760
  

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• noun very small and slender green bean
  haricots verts; haricot vert.
  

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• (Bot.), the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

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• (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment.

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• noun ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
  French blue; French ultramarine.
  

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• noun large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
  royal osmund; royal fern; Osmunda regalis; king fern; ditch fern.
  

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• noun a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes
  

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• noun small stocky version of the bulldog having a sleek coat and square head
  

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• noun a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French
  

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• noun the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
  Paris; capital of France; City of Light.
  

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• (Arch.) See French window, under Window.

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• noun a soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains
  

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• (Min.), a variety of granular talc; used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.

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• noun a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960
  Congo; Republic of the Congo.
  

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• (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear.

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• noun a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length
  

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• noun oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic
  sauce vinaigrette; vinaigrette.
  

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• noun young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head
  witloof; Belgian endive.
  

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• (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely.

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• noun a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France
  

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• noun the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris
  Quai d'Orsay.
  

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• noun formerly the basic unit of money in France
  

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• noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
  french fries; fries; chips.
  

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• noun a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar
  beignet.
  

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• noun a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
  Guinea; Republic of Guinea.
  

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• noun a fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes
  

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• noun European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers
  red valerian; Centranthus ruber.
  
• noun perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
  sulla; Hedysarum coronarium.
  

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• (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H. coronarium); called also garland honeysuckle.

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• noun a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
  horn.
  

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• a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; called in France cor de chasse.

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• noun the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
  

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• noun an openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth
  deep kiss; soul kiss.
  

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• noun a stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric
  

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• noun Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
  spike lavender; Lavandula latifolia.
  
• noun shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers
  Lavandula stoechas.
  

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• noun an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell)
  

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• an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.

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• noun instruction in the French language
  

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• noun a loaf of French bread
  

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• noun strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red; Mexico and Guatemala
  Tagetes patula.
  

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• noun a French overseas possession in the South Pacific
  French Oceania.
  

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• noun omelet cooked quickly and slid onto a plate
  

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• noun small very thin pancake
  crape; crepe.
  

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• noun sweet filled pastry made of especially puff paste
  

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• noun the people of France
  French.
  

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• noun a person of French nationality
  Frenchman; Frenchwoman.
  

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• French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color) (Zoöl.), the European great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); called also wood pie.

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• noun the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac
  
• noun a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol
  French polish.
  

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• . (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above.

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• noun a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol
  French polish.
  

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• noun a French overseas possession in the South Pacific
  French Oceania.
  

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• a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. Ure.

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• rouge.

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• noun a geographical subdivision of France
  

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• noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
  France.
  

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• noun the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
  

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• amelcorn.

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• noun the French part of the Riviera
  Cote d'Azur.
  

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• noun a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular
  

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• (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.

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• noun coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
  Arrhenatherum elatius; false oat; evergreen grass; tall oat grass; tall meadow grass.
  

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• noun low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
  Rumex scutatus; garden sorrel.
  
• noun greens having small tart oval to pointed leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
  

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• noun common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States
  red goosefoot; Chenopodium rubrum.
  

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• noun a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years
  Republic of Mali; Mali.
  

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• noun someone who teaches French
  

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• noun telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
  handset.
  

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• noun bread slice dipped in egg and milk and fried; topped with sugar or fruit or syrup
  

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• a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood; called also plum tub. Ure.

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• noun ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
  French blue; French ultramarine.
  

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• noun ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
  French blue; French ultramarine.
  

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• noun dry pale amber variety
  dry vermouth.
  

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• noun foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
  penny grass; stinkweed; mithridate mustard; field pennycress; fanweed; Thlaspi arvense.
  

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• noun the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France
  

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• noun a French door situated in an exterior wall of a building
  

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• . See under Window.

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• noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
  french fries; fries; chips.
  

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• verb cook by immersing in fat
  deep-fry.
  
  • french-fry the potatoes

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• adjective satellite able to communicate in French
  

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• noun medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France
  Langue d'oc.
  

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• noun medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France
  Langue d'oil.
  

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• noun the medieval Norman dialect of Old French
  Norman-French; Norman French.
  

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• noun the medieval Norman dialect of Old French
  Norman-French; Norman French.
  

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• noun the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century
  

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• noun the medieval Norman dialect of Old French
  Norman-French; Norman French.
  

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