Foreign Words and Phrases: Florida's B.E.S.T. Foreign Words and Phrases from French

This vocabulary list features words and phrases that have come into English from French.
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  1. au revoir
    a farewell remark
  2. avant-garde
    radically new or original
  3. bon mot
    a witty or clever remark
  4. carte blanche
    complete freedom or authority to act
  5. coup de grace
    the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
  6. coup d'etat
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  7. de rigueur
    required by etiquette, custom, or fashion
  8. deja vu
    the experience of thinking a new situation already occurred
  9. fait accompli
    an irreversible accomplishment
  10. faux pas
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  11. je ne sais quoi
    something indescribable
  12. piece de resistance
    the outstanding item in a collection
  13. raison d'etre
    the reason why something exists
  14. tete-a-tete
    a private conversation between two people
  15. vis-a-vis
    a person or thing having the same characteristics as another
Created on Thu May 02 22:13:18 EDT 2024 (updated Mon Aug 12 15:58:22 EDT 2024)

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