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  2. Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də lakademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) is the official dictionary of the French language. The Académie française is France's official authority on the usages, vocabulary, and grammar of the French language, although its recommendations carry no legal power.

  3. Ascendant - Wikipedia

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    The ascendant in this example is marked Asc and is usually in the nine o'clock position of the horoscope. The ascendant (A sc, Asc or As) or rising sign is the astrological sign on the eastern horizon when the person was born. [1] It signifies a person's physical appearance, and awakening consciousness.

  4. Encyclopédie - Wikipedia

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    Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (French for 'Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts'), [1] better known as Encyclopédie (French: [ɑ̃siklɔpedi]), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations.

  5. Dictionnaire de la langue française - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire de la langue française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) by Émile Littré, commonly called simply the " Littré ", is a four-volume dictionary of the French language published in Paris by Hachette. The dictionary was originally issued in 30 parts, 1863–72; a second edition is dated 1872–77.

  6. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Wikipedia

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    Madeleine Chapelle. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (/ ˈæŋɡrə / ANG-grə; French: [ʒɑ̃ oɡyst dɔminik ɛ̃ɡʁ]; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style.

  7. Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français (DEAF) is an etymological dictionary of Old French. The lexicographic project was born in the mid-1960s and has been in progress ever since with its headquarters at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Germany). Known and valued amongst linguists, philologists and medievalists ...

  8. Académie Française - Wikipedia

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    academie-francaise.fr. The Académie Française[a] (French pronunciation: [akademi fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. [1]

  9. Trésor de la langue française informatisé - Wikipedia

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    The Trésor de la langue française informatisé or TLFi (French pronunciation: [tʁezɔʁ də la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz ɛ̃fɔʁmatize]; "Digitized Treasury of the French Language") is a digital version of the Trésor de la langue française or TLF ("Treasury of the French Language"), a 16-volume dictionary of the French language of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was published between ...