franglais

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfɹɒŋɡleɪ/(UK)
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/ˈfɹɒŋɡleɪ/(UK) · /ˌfɹɑŋˈɡleɪ/(US) · /ˌfɹɑːŋˈɡleɪ/(US)

Definition of franglais

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (derogatory, often)French terms or expressions recently borrowed from the English language.
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name

  1. (derogatory, often)French terms or expressions recently borrowed from the English language.
  2. (derogatory, often)The poor French spoken by anglophones.
  3. Colloquial speech that is a mix of English and French terms, conjugation, and grammar.
  4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Franglais.
    “The play presents a kind of war of different languages: office jargon; franglais marketing jargon; old-fashioned academic language; new media slang; jazzmen’s roughtalk; salesmen’s smoothtalk; high-finance talk, etc.”

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Etymology

From French franglais, blend of français (“French”) + anglais (“English”).

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8-letter words

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7-letter words

9 words

6-letter words

37 words

5-letter words

96 words

4-letter words

55 words

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