词汇 | french words in english |
词源 | French words in English. French words came into English by the thousands after the Norman Conquest in 1066, and many had entered the language long before then. It would take a volume to list these basic contributions, but here is a brief sample of just those words that have come into American En- glish: crappie (fish), gopher, pumpkin, cache, carry-all, pirogue, portage, voyageur, brioche, chowder, jambalaya, [pie] à la mode, praline, cent, dime, mill, bayou, butte, chute, crevasse, flume, levee, prairie, rapids, [Indian] brave, Cajun, calumet, Canuck, lacrosse, lagniappe, parlay, picayune, rotisserie, sashay, bureau, depot, shanty. |
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