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Gallo-Romance dialect continuum
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; French: ancien français [ɑ̃sjɛ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately
Old_French
Formation of the French Imperial Army's Imperial Guard
The Old Guard (French: Vieille garde) was a formation of the French Army's Imperial Guard. Consisting exclusively of veteran troops, it was the most prestigious
Old_Guard_(France)
Attested sign language
Old French Sign Language (French: Vieille langue des signes française, VLSF) was the language of the deaf community in 18th-century Paris at the time of
Old_French_Sign_Language
Law of the Kingdom of France before the French Revolution
Old French law, referred to in French as l'Ancien Droit, was the law of the Kingdom of France until the French Revolution. In the north of France were
Old_French_law
Historical language spoken in northern France
Old Norman, also called Old Northern French or Old Norman French (Norman: Ancien Normaund), was one of many varieties of the langues d'oïl native to northern
Old_Norman
Phonetic changes in the French language
c. 1100–1200 CE (the Old French period) rather than modern pronunciation. This page documents the phonological history of French from a relatively technical
Phonological history of French
Phonological_history_of_French
Romance language
Gallo-Romance dialects spoken in northern France. The language's early forms include Old French and Middle French. Due to Roman rule, Latin was gradually
French_language
West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 10th centuries
Proto-Romance dialects, e.g. Old French. However, a number of modern French words and place names, including the country name "France", have a Frankish (i.e
Frankish_language
Spelling and punctuation of the French language
§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language. It is based on a combination
French_orthography
Historical variety of French used from the mid-14th century to the early 17th century
of French that is largely intelligible to Modern French, contrary to Old French.[citation needed] The most important change found in Middle French is
Middle_French
and French soldiers. As a result, Old French became the language of high culture and government. With time, it evolved into Anglo-Norman French, a language
List of English words of French origin
List_of_English_words_of_French_origin
Overview of the history of the French language
Influence of French on English Language policy in France List of French words of Germanic origin Old Frankish Old French Reforms of French orthography
History_of_French
1946–1958 political entity of France
The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity that was an extension of the French Republic to replace the old French imperial system
French_Union
Dialect or variety that is considered "sub-standard" and generally lacks a written form
dominant culture and, in the case of France, to national language policy. The term patois comes from Old French patois 'local or regional dialect' (originally
Patois
from Old Norse into Old French, which via Anglo-Norman were then indirectly loaned into Middle English; an example is flâneur, via French from the Old Norse
List of English words of Old Norse origin
List_of_English_words_of_Old_Norse_origin
Currency of France from 1360 to 2002
(/fræŋk/; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), also commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France. Between
French_franc
Romance language of northwest France
Norman or Norman French (Normaund, French: Normand [nɔʁmɑ̃] , Guernésiais: Normand, Jèrriais: Nouormand) is a langue d'oïl spoken in the historical and
Norman_language
Arabic–Old French glossary (or phrase book) occupies the final thirteen pages of the 16th-century manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copte
Arabic–Old_French_glossary
Language of the Occitano-Romance group
[tʃ] Some notable characteristics of Old Occitan: It had a two-case system (nominative and oblique), as in Old French, with the oblique derived from the
Old_Occitan
Extinct dialect of Old Norman used in England
Anglo-Normaund; French: Anglo-normand), also known as Anglo-Norman French, Insular French, and part of the French of England (which includes Anglo-French) was a
Anglo-Norman_language
Country in Western Europe (843–1792; 1814–1830)
Parlement of Paris. France portal History portal Economic history of France Family tree of French monarchs Family tree of French monarchs (simplified)
Kingdom_of_France
Body of Medieval literature associated with the history of France
associated with the history of France, in particular involving Charlemagne and the Paladins. The cycle springs from the Old French chansons de geste, and was
Matter_of_France
peoples. While Old French became the language of high culture and government, the vast majority of the population continued to use Old English. Over time
List of English words with dual French and Old English variations
List_of_English_words_with_dual_French_and_Old_English_variations
Romance language spoken from the 6th to 8th centuries
as shown in Old Occitan and Old French, with the nominative ending being -s. Old Gallo-Italic appears to have used V2 word order. Old Gallo-Romance
Old_Gallo-Romance
Short, rhymed tales of love and chivalry
Marie de France, in Old French from the University of Manitoba Online verse translations by Judith P. Shoaf Many of the Anonymous Old French Lais with
Breton_lai
adjourn (Old French ajourner) adjudge (Old French ajugier, compare modern French adjuger) adjust (Old French ajoster, compare modern French ajuster) administer
List of English words of French origin (A–C)
List_of_English_words_of_French_origin_(A–C)
Sword attributed to Charlemagne
In medieval legend, Joyeuse (pronounced [ʒwajøz] ; Old French: Joiuse; meaning 'joyous, joyful') was the sword wielded by Charlemagne as his personal weapon
Joyeuse
Sign language family derived from Old French Sign Language
Australian Catholic Old Polish Polish Sign Language Old French Sign Language (VLSF, before l'Épée) Eastern French: Old Danish (edu. 1807), Old German, German
French_Sign_Language_family
Family name
grainger, and Old French grangier, both from (Old) French grange with the suffix -er (Anglo-Norman, [Old] French) / -ier ([Old] French), grange "barn"
Granger_(surname)
Archaic linguistic form used in English courts after 1066
Law French (Middle English: Lawe Frensch) is an archaic language originally based on Anglo-Norman, but increasingly influenced by Parisian French and
Law_French
Medieval narrative in poetic form
The chanson de geste (Old French for 'song of heroic deeds', from Latin: gesta 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poem
Chanson_de_geste
The Old French Seven Sages cycle is a cycle of seven prose romances based on the legend of the Seven Sages of Rome. The seven are: Roman des Sept Sages
Old_French_Seven_Sages_cycle
Dialects including French and its close relatives
centuries Old French Old Norman etc. French Middle French for the period 14th–15th centuries 16th century: français renaissance (Renaissance French) 17th
Langues_d'oïl
Epic poems loosely based on the First Crusade
The Crusade cycle is an Old French literary cycle of chansons de geste concerning the First Crusade and its aftermath. The cycle contains a number of initially
Crusade_cycle
'alone', or Old French anti-moine 'monk's bane', but could be from or related to Arabic ʾiṯmid 'antimony' Latin tellus 'ground, earth' French iode, from
List_of_chemical_elements
Person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization
hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French oficier "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French officier), from Medieval Latin officiarius
Officer
Floor-opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement
word machicolation derives from Old French machecol, mentioned in Medieval Latin as machecollum, probably from Old French machier 'crush', 'wound' and col
Machicolation
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French gaillard meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited". It may refer
Gaylord
Geographical area of France
Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as le Midi, is a geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border
Southern_France
Salutation or greeting
of an earlier form, holla, whose origin is in the French holà (roughly, 'whoa there!', from French là 'there'). As in addition to hello, halloo, hallo
Hello
Fictional Saracen knight in works of the Matter of France
oldest extant text of the story of Fierabras is a 12th-century (c. 1170) Old French chanson de geste of roughly 6,200 alexandrines in assonanced laisses.
Fierabras
Surname list
has several possible origins, e.g. Old French mire ("physician"), Old English maire ("mayor"),[citation needed] and Old Norse myrr ("marsh").[citation needed]
Myers
French literature is, for the purpose of this article, Medieval literature written in Oïl languages (particularly Old French and early Middle French)
Medieval_French_literature
Changes from Old to Modern English
as lith). Many of these changes came with the introduction of Old Norse and Norman French words, while others fell away due to natural evolution. Modern
Changes to Old English vocabulary
Changes_to_Old_English_vocabulary
Spanish words of Germanic origin
simply from the same source as French botte "boot", from Old French bote "boot", probably from the same source as Modern French pied bot "deformed foot" in
List of Spanish words of Germanic origin
List_of_Spanish_words_of_Germanic_origin
Legendary Arthurian king
Ban of Benoic /ˈbæn/ (Old French: Ban de Benoïc) is a character in the Arthurian legend. Ban first appeared by this name in the Lancelot propre part of
King_Ban
Variety of French language
with Standard French. It is now seen as a variety of French alongside Acadian French, Belgian French, Canadian/Quebec French, Swiss French, etc. In Paris
French_of_France
Geographical and cultural region of northwest Europe
production in France), horse breeding (including two French national stud farms), fishing, seafood, and tourism. The region contains three French nuclear power
Normandy
French units of measurement before 1789
the pied used in France. The French typographic point, the Didot point, was 1⁄72 of a French inch, i.e. two royal points. The French pica, called Cicéro
Traditional French units of measurement
Traditional_French_units_of_measurement
Extinct Jewish Oïl language of France, England, and Germany
Judeo-French, also called Zarphatic or Western Loez, is a variant of Old French spoken in the Middle Ages by the Jews of northern and eastern France. It
Judeo-French
Type of pork
derived from Old North French gambon, itself derived from Old French jambon, which is identical to the modern French word for 'ham'. Old French jambon is
Gammon_(meat)
of French on English pertains mainly to its lexicon, including its orthography, and to some extent its syntax and pronunciation. Most of the French vocabulary
Influence of French on English
Influence_of_French_on_English
The legal history of France is commonly divided into three periods: that of the old French law (Ancien Droit), that of the Revolutionary or intermediary
Legal_history_of_France
Musical note duration
semiminima ('half minim') of mensural notation. The word "crotchet" comes from Old French crochet, meaning 'little hook', diminutive of croc, 'hook', because of
Quarter_note
The Estoire d'Eracles ("History of Heraclius") is an anonymous Old French translation and continuation of the Latin History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea
Estoire_d'Eracles
Dog breed
Internationale in 1959. The French word bichon comes from Middle French bichon ('small dog'), a diminutive of Old French biche ('female dog', cognate
Bichon_Frisé
Legendary knights of Charlemagne's court
Frankish Empire and the Emirate of Córdoba. The term paladin is from Old French, deriving from the Latin comes palatinus (count palatine), a title given
Paladin
Type of building
from French pavillon (Old French paveillon) and it meant a small palace, from Latin papilionem (accusative of papilio). In Late Latin and Old French, it
Pavilion
Topics referred to by the same term
Operation Flashpoint, a video game series of, an English preposition Old French, a medieval language Air Finland, a defunct Finnish airline (IATA airline
OF
Fortified outpost or gateway
A barbican (from Old French: barbacane) is a fortified outpost or fortified gateway, such as at an outer defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any
Barbican
Various measures of paper quantity
The current word quire derives from Old English quair or guaer, from Old French quayer, cayer, (cf. modern French cahier), from Latin quaternum, 'by fours'
Units_of_paper_quantity
Branch of the Romance languages
progressive phonetic erosion. Old French was still a null-subject language until the loss of secondary final consonants in Middle French caused verb forms (e.g
Gallo-Romance_languages
French sociopolitical system before 1789
(/ˌɒ̃sjæ̃ reɪˈʒiːm/; French: [ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim] ; lit. 'former regime') was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France that the French Revolution overturned
Ancien_régime
Ghost or corpse brought to life to terrorize the living
living. The word revenant is derived from the Old French word revenant 'returning' (see also the related French verb revenir 'to come back'). Revenants are
Revenant
Body of servants in service of a dignitary
or dignitary; a suite (French "what follows") of retainers. The word, recorded in English since circa 1375, stems from Old French retenue, itself from retenir
Retinue
Cooked food that has been made into soft creamy paste
specific names, e.g., apple sauce or hummus. The term is of French origin, where it meant in Old French (13th century) purified or refined. Purées overlap with
Purée
Fr. félicité felon, Old French felon, compare modern Fr. félon felony, Old French felonie, compare modern Fr. félonie female (Old Fr. femelle) feme covert
List of English words of French origin (D–I)
List_of_English_words_of_French_origin_(D–I)
Structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of building
installed within the tower.[citation needed] The Old French berfroi or alike has become beffroi [fr] in modern French. The Belfry (centre right) of Ghent, Belgium
Belfry
Variety of French spoken in eastern Canada
Acadian French (French: français acadien, acadjonne) is a variety of French spoken by Acadians, mostly in the region of Acadia, Canada. Acadian French has
Acadian_French
Personal armour to protect the leg
A greave (from the Old French greve "shin, shin armor") or jambeau is a piece of armor that protects the leg. The primary purpose of greaves is to protect
Greave
1856 book by Alexis de Tocqueville
by the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville translated in English as either The Old Regime and the Revolution or The Old Regime and the French Revolution
The Old Regime and the Revolution
The_Old_Regime_and_the_Revolution
Market in Louisiana, United States
The French Market (French: Marché français) is a market and series of commercial buildings spanning six blocks in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana
French_Market
1980 bibliography by David J. Shirt
The Old French Tristan Poems: A Bibliographic Guide is a 1980 bibliography by David J. Shirt, a scholar of French literature who specialised in Arthurian
The_Old_French_Tristan_Poems
Wicker basket used for carrying fish or blocks of peat
of the Older Scottish Tongue, the origin of the word is uncertain. However, the Middle English Dictionary asserts that it derives from Old French "grëil
Creel_(basket)
Species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae
possible reference to its shape. Another possible origin of the Old French word is from Old Swedish törnbut, from törn 'thorn' + -but 'stump, butt, flatfish'
Turbot
12th-century French poet and trouvère
de Troyes (Modern French: [kʁetjɛ̃ də tʁwa]; Old French: Crestien de Troies [kresˈtjẽn də ˈtrojəs]; fl. c. 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known
Chrétien_de_Troyes
Feudal term for a baron's tenant with his own respective tenants
A vavasour (also vavasor; Old French: vavassor, vavassour; Modern French: vavasseur; Italian: valvassore, varvassore; Catalan: vavasuresh; Late Latin:
Vavasour
Mythical creature
English in the early 14th century, derived from the Anglo-Norman French gobelin or Old French gobelin, which was first attested in 1195 in the chronicle L'Estoire
Goblin
Old Portage Road, also known as Old French Road and as French Portage Trail, was a Native American trail and later a road in present-day Chautauqua County
Old_Portage_Road
Furniture for seating multiple people
Kingdom and India. The word couch originated in Middle English from the Old French noun couche, which derived from the verb meaning "to lie down". The word
Couch
Twenty-sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
Modern French [ʒ]. John Wycliffe wrote the word as gelows or ielous. Z at the end of a word was pronounced ts, as in English assets, from Old French asez
Z
bordar = to embroider: from Frankish (*)bruzdon (source of Old French brouder, brosder and French broder), from Germanic (*)bruzd- "point, needle", from the
List of Portuguese words of Germanic origin
List_of_Portuguese_words_of_Germanic_origin
Former dialect of the French language
(French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sjɛ̃]), also anglicized as Francian (/ˈfrænsiən/), is a 19th-century term in linguistics that was applied to the French dialect
Francien_language
Legendary hero and knight
Montalbaen) was a legendary hero and knight who appeared in a 12th-century Old French chanson de geste known as The Four Sons of Aymon. The four sons of Duke
Renaud_de_Montauban
Name list
Andrew is the English form from the Old French name Andreu / Andrieu (now French surnames), themselves from Latin Andreas, from Greek-derived given name
Andrew
Topics referred to by the same term
the free dictionary. Laval means The Valley in old French and is the name of: House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval
Laval
Gallo-Romance language
~ Old French chacier, which later took the modern French form of chasser. Because of the proximity of Paris to the northernmost regions of France, French
Picard_language
Type of twill fabric
linings. French serge is a softer, finer variety. The word is also used for a high-quality woven woolen fabric. The name is derived from Old French serge
Serge_(fabric)
Alphabet used from 7th to 12th centuries
insular usage, along with a shift in spelling conventions toward the Old French alphabet, leading to Middle English. The letter eth ⟨ð⟩ was an alteration
Old_English_Latin_alphabet
Process of reinterpretive word formation
borrowed from Old French was variously spelled aundyre or aundiren in Middle English, but was altered by association with iron. Other Old French loans altered
Folk_etymology
French term for a grand town house
Hôtel particulier (French: [otɛl paʁtikylje] ) is the French term for a grand urban mansion, comparable to a British townhouse. Whereas an ordinary maison
Hôtel_particulier
Latin letter D with dot below
Old French (9th-11th centuries), it represents a voiced dental fricative, [ð], a sound that disappeared by the time of late 12th-century Old French as
Ḍ
Collection of Latin glosses on the Vulgate Bible
were taken from Old French and Latin respectively. List of abbreviations: PR. — Proto-Romance Pic. — Picard Wal. — Walloon Fr. — French (central) Lim.
Reichenau_Glossary
Roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper
A scroll (from Old French: escroe or escroue), also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. A scroll is usually
Scroll
Military force tasked with law enforcement
derived from the medieval French expression gens d'armes, which translates to 'men-at-arms' (lit. 'people of arms'). In France and some Francophone nations
Gendarmerie
French variety spoken in Louisiana, United States
Louisiana French (Louisiana French: français louisianais; Louisiana Creole: françé Lalwizyàn) is the variety of the French language spoken traditionally
Louisiana_French
Dessert of milk or cream and sugar, thickened and flavoured
calque of the Old French term. Many different local or regional terms were used for the dish in the Middle Ages as translations of the French term: English:
Blancmange
Earliest surviving piece of French hagiography
the Canticle of Saint Eulalia (French: Séquence/Cantilène de sainte Eulalie) is the earliest surviving piece of French hagiography and one of the earliest
Sequence_of_Saint_Eulalia
Name list
name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from the Old French curteis (Modern French courtois) which was in turn derived from Latin cohors. Nicknames
Curtis
Latin letter T with dot below
Early Old French (9th-11th centuries), it represents a voiceless dental fricative, [θ], a sound that disappeared by the time of late 12th-century Old French
Ṭ
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