Norman Darlo
Over the centuries, French language and culture have exerted an immense influence over western civilisation, and nowhere is this more in evidence than in the number of French expressions in everyday use in English. See do you recognise the following French words and phrases, and match them to their meaning. Do share your experiences below 🙂
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Question of
carte blanche
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unlimited authority
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white paper
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restaurant menu
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Question of
chic
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chicken
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girl
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stylish
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Question of
en route
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online
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made of hardwood
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on the way
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Question of
fait accompli
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done deal
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violent change of government
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burning at the stake
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Question of
canard
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snitch
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unfounded rumour
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songbird
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Question of
crème fraîche
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face cream
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ice-cream
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sour cream
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Question of
eau de vie
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perfume
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fruit brandy
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Victory Day
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Question of
escargot
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electric car
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shipping container
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snail
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Question of
dérailleur
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bicycle gears
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train crash
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white wine sauce
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Question of
je ne sais quoi
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a know-it-all
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an indefinable something
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bourgeois
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Question of
Comme ci comme ca
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with garlic
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of an extreme temperament
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so-so
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Interesting quiz, 8/11. School helped a little. ?
Hey, well done! It’s good we remember a few things from our schooldays, eh? 😉
Nicely done quiz! And fun :- )
Thank you, Roberta. I’m happy you enjoyed 🙂
9/11 🙂 My French is a bit rusty 🙂
Stop with the modesty – 9/11 is a great score!! 🙂
very good photo awesome french
great
I am working on French. Well back to the drawing board. . . 8 out of 11
That’s not bad. French is fun, but it’s not that easy!
Perfect score. But I grew up speaking French 😛
Well done! I guess that helped juste un petit peu 😉
Bien sûr! It certainly did 🙂
only 2/11
I’m guessing you’re not French 🙂 🙂
Even me a French Canadian born, bred and raised missed some. That sucks but it just goes to say you can learn something new everyday. Thank you for the refresher course.
You’re welcome, HG! Thanks for taking the quiz 🙂
You mentioned escargot. I have to write an article about an incident in a fancy restaurant when a lady ordered escargot le provincial… I think… any way when it came she shouted! “But these are snails!”
Yes, I can picture that somehow 😀
8/11. Not bad since I’ve never learned French, nor even heard much of it in the Antipodes.
Nicely done! And welcome to Virily, Kathy 🙂
Not bad at all, Kathy! Thanks for taking the quiz ☺
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Hey, that’s almost half! Thanks for taking the quiz, Meshack 🙂
welcome is the word
Nice quiz! I missed three and learned something so that makes it a win-win for me!
Good for you! 🙂
9/11 correct
Well done, Dad!
7/11 like 711! 😀 😀 fun quiz
Glad you enjoyed it, Marcelle 🙂
just fun there no question
🙂
7 of 11, not bad, not great…C’est la vie lol
You never can tell! 😉
Carpe diem…got 6/11…haha nice quiz Norman 🙂
Thanks, Trafalgar! Now you’ve given me the idea of a Latin version of this quiz… 😉
Don’t give him more ideas! lol joking Norman, you know I love your quizzes. Hope the vaca is awesome.
LOL Kim, thanks for your support as always! Yeah I had a real chill time in the Grecian heat 🙂
That’s awesome!
Thanks, Sheryl!
9/11 here!
Oh you’re good! Thanks for playing, Kim 🙂
It was kind of easy, since we use some of these words and phrases still.
Shared in FB 18/8/17 @111V
6/11??
Not bad at all, Mardhiah 🙂 Thanks for playing!
Got a 9, thanks to my room-mate who took French during my university days…?
That’s what friends are for 😉 Thanks for playing!
I really like the French language
Me too 🙂
8 our of 11 🙂
Nice score, Ishtar! Thanks for playing 🙂
i’m pakistani btw 😛
8 out of 11
Nice score, Anna! Thanks for playing 🙂
Nice one. Finally a quiz I don’t fail miserably. I took French and I ride a bicycle so, … there is that.
LOL but do you wear a beret, and a braid of onions over your shoulder? 😉 Thanks, Howard!
Oh, I so wish I actually possessed the savior faire to carry off wearing a beret.
I’ve always envied those cats at the poetry readings and jazz clubs.
Well, I’ve seen it work…. and I’ve seen it not work!
6 out of 11. I took 1 semester of French in high school…but don’t remember much
Use it or lose it, as they say! I took two years of German, and remember about 4 words 🙂 That said, 6/11 is more than half! Thanks for playing.
I took Spanish in college and forgot that as well lol. But thanks, I had fun!
I’ve a quiz coming up, testing your knowledge of Spanish words used in English. Let’s see how you do in that 🙂 I think it’s a bit easier than this one.
Great quiz
Thank you, Leslie 🙂
You got 7 out of 11 right!
Great quiz as always!
Not a bad score at all! Thanks for playing, Gina 🙂
11 out of 11. I guessed most of them. LMBO!
Very good! Thanks for playing, Official 🙂
7out of 11 ?
Well done, Hamza 🙂 Thanks for playing!
Thank you So Much!
You got 11 out of 11 right! Perfect. You rock!
Yaay! two guesses but they turned out to be correct. Great quiz 🙂 I hope there’s a part two on its way
Oh, that is impressive! I might come back and do a part 2… or I might move through a few other languages first 🙂
Five out of 11 and I live in Louisiana.
5/11 is almost half – be positive! And spend more time out on the bayou 😉 Thanks for playing!
i got 6/11, and i took 2 years of french in college.
Well I was exposed to it for 6 years in school, so perhaps I had a slight advantage 😉 But 6/11 is not shoddy, Fifi! Thanks for playing.
I got 8 out of 11 right!
Very nice score, Edith! Thanks for playing 🙂
7/11
Fun!
You did nicely, Nina! Thanks for playing 🙂
I really like the French language. I have to admit that I only had one year of high school and college French. I even tried to write a short children’s picture book in au francais.
That’s cool – I’m quite a francophile myself, and usually go camping in France for a week or two each year en famille. Your idea of a kids’ picture book in French is very cool 🙂
8/11 Awesome quiz!
You did well! Thanks for playing, Ellie 🙂
6/10 Fun one!
Great! Thanks for playing, Carol 🙂