A Gallicism can be:
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Gallicism can be:
- a mode of speech peculiar to the French
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- a French idiom
An idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has figurative meaning — its implication comprehended only through common use; whereas the literal definition of the idiom, itself, does not communicate its meaning as a figurative usage.In linguistics, idioms are usually presumed to be figures of...
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- in general, a French mode or custom
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- loanword
A loanword is a word borrowed from one language and incorporated into another.-General:By contrast, a calque or loan translation is a related concept, whereby it is the meaning or idiom that is borrowed rather than the lexical item itself.The word loanword is itself a calque of the German...
s, words or phrases borrowed from French.
In speaking or writing
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
, a Gallicism often results from a direct translation from French, giving an unidiomatic expression.
False friendFalse friends are pairs of words in two languages or dialects that look and/or sound similar, but differ in meaning....
s often provide occasions for Gallicisms: For example, using the verb
to assist to mean
to be present at (as in the French
assister à) is a Gallicism.
See also
- Fowler's Modern English Usage
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage , by Henry W. Fowler, is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing. Ranging from plurals and literary technique to the distinctions among like words , to foreign-term use, it became the standard for most style guides that followed —...
- Francization
Francization or Gallicization is a process of cultural assimilation that gives a French character to a word, an ethnicity or a person.- Francization of the language :...
- Franglais
Franglais , a portmanteau combining the French words "français" and "anglais" , is a slang term for an interlanguage, although the word has different overtones in French and English....
- Gallicize
- List of English words of French origin
- List of French phrases used by English speakers
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