Anyone who has spent even the shortest amount of time in France — particularly in Paris — knows the importance of being able to speak a little français. Locals will quickly warm to travelers who at ...

After high-profile environmental campaigns, the word 'mégabassines' has now entered the French dictionary. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP The French dictionary Larousse has unveiled its latest list of ...

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Is it apéro o'clock yet? Paris metro station renaming, part of an April Fools joke. Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP Certain French linguists use up a lot of angst on the many anglicisms that creep ...

What keeps Vermonters from venturing to Québec more often? Whether they admit it or not, for most Anglophones, it’s the official language of: French, aka français — and not the kind you learned in ...

I refuse to berate the French. They have brought so much good into the world--cheese, wine, the nose of Gerard Depardieu, the tucked right arm of Napoleon--that their independence of word and deed ...

French officials are saying “adieu” to popular English video game vocabulary in an effort to preserve their rarified language. On Monday the country’s Ministry of Culture reportedly announced it would ...