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a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque. a copied term/thing. canard. ( canard means "duck" in French) an unfounded rumor or anecdote.
Ranks of the Grande Armée describes the military ranks and the rank insignia used in Napoleon's Grande Armée. Officers and the most senior non-commissioned rank had rank insignia in the form of epaulettes, sergeants and corporals in the form of stripes or chevrons on the sleeves.
Confit (/ k ɒ n f i /, French pronunciation:) (from the French word confire, literally "to preserve") is any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period as a method of preservation. [1] Confit, as a cooking term, describes when food is cooked in grease or oil at a lower temperature, as opposed to deep frying.
Etymology Two Twinkies, one of the possible origins for the term. The exact origins of the term twink are disputed. Some trace its first appearance to 1963, although it may be derived from an older British gay slang term twank, which means: "The quarry of a homosexual prostitute (male); a man willing and ready to become any dominant man's 'partner' ".
The word château is a French word that has entered the English language, where its meaning is more specific than it is in French. The French word château denotes buildings as diverse as a medieval fortress, a Renaissance palace and a fine 19th-century country house. Care should therefore be taken when translating the French word château into ...
Judges are called "Monsieur le Président" or "Madame la Présidente" ("Madame le Président" is sometimes preferred in France) if they preside over a court of justice, or "Monsieur le Juge" and "Madame la Juge" ("Madame le Juge" is sometimes preferred in France and in Canada) otherwise. Any other honorific is usually created by using "Monsieur ...
Cuvée. Example of a label on a bottle of Zinfandel indicating "Cuvee XXVIII " (28) Cuvée [1] ( French: [kyve]) is a French wine term that derives from cuve, meaning vat or tank. [2] [3] Wine makers use the term cuvée with several different meanings, more or less based on the concept of a tank of wine put to some purpose.
Cinq à sept originally referred to a time for a tryst, and consequently is a metonym for a visit to one's mistress, an extramarital affair, and the mistress involved. It derived from the time of day French people would make such a visit. It is still commonly considered as the time of day to meet one's mistress or lover, and the term implies a ...