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- Press and Reuters. It is the largest French news agency. Founded by Charles ... in 110 countries. It transmits news in French, English, Arabic, Spanish ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- A villanelle is a poetic form which entered English language poetry in the late 1800s from the imitation of French models. Although it is one ...7 KB (1,084 words) - 20:22, 3 May 2023
- The Fox tribe of Native Americans are an Algonquian language-speaking ... schools that prohibited the use of their language and religion, and were taught ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- YAZyka—Society for the Study of Poetic Language), one of the two groups ... #039;s major contentions was that poetic language is fundamentally different ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 14:07, 8 June 2020
- the most striking document of that anti-French nationalism which in the ... translator, he used his knowledge of French and German to translate fables ...7 KB (1,096 words) - 02:31, 25 August 2020
- same passage of writing in two Egyptian language scripts and in classical ... where it arrived in August 1799. The French language newspaper Courrier de ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- The name malachite derives (via Latin and French) from the Greek word molochitis, meaning "mallow-green stone." That, in turn, may ...5 KB (681 words) - 06:33, 5 November 2022
- any word that modifies any other part of language: verbs, adjectives (including ... Spanish, Italian) or '-ment' (French, Catalan). Other adverbs ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 23:31, 17 December 2022
- educated, and his mastery of the French language led to a number of innovations ... of the most influential poets in the French language, and his influence extends ...11 KB (1,757 words) - 04:59, 9 April 2024
- were written in a form of continental French that was copied by Anglo ... Her works are mostly dedicated to members of the French court at the ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- twenty-six (26) hours of schooling. French language and literature occupy ... philosophy courses in terminale, while French language classes end in the première ...18 KB (2,719 words) - 17:43, 25 January 2023
- time of innovations and change for the French language, especially in its written ... of the authors who has enriched the French language in the most significant way. ...11 KB (1,822 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- Comparative law (French: droit comparé, German: Rechtsvergleichung ... "to determine which of those systems [i.e. the French and English ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago ... Wallis was followed in April 1768 by the French explorer Louis-Antoine ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- semantic function. For example, such a language might have a verb that means ... There are six classes of adjectives in the English language: ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- battle fought on July 21, 1798 between the French army in Egypt under Napoleon ... a relationship with France and with French culture that irrevocably ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 04:44, 11 January 2023
- at least four different translations into French were made, and at least two ... editions include Latin, German, French, Spanish and Dutch versions ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- editions. Some 545 Latin and about 900 French editions are known to exist. The book was written in Latin, but only a French translation from ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- . The fertile valley of the Rhône and the French Riviera produce fruits and ... area was at its height. The Provençal language, (see langue d'oc and ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- States who speak Wichita, a Caddoan language. They were known as the ... have been undertaken to preserve their language, although few fluent speakers ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
- the highest film honor in France, the French film industry's equivalent ... * Best French Language Film (1984–1986) * Best Documentary Short ...15 KB (2,316 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- implemented by the French state, the French language has progressed significantly ... advancement. With French schooling and French-language television, many young ...19 KB (2,667 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- center of Madagascar. It was known by its French name Tananarive or the colonial ... In the late seventeenth century, the French established trading posts ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- Maurice Blanchot (September 27, 1907 – February 20, 2003) was a ... where he befriended the Lithuanian-born French phenomenologist, Emmanuel ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- other Romance-speaking languages such as French and Spanish; however, it ... it to Tuscany where he adapted it to his language when he founded the Neo ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- focused on modern languages, including (French, Italian and English). Nevertheless ... . In Strasbourg, he immersed himself in French literature and political ...8 KB (1,221 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
- people speaking Algonquin, an Anishinaabe language. Culturally and linguistically ... Europeans. They were initially met by the French, with whom they became trading ...17 KB (2,518 words) - 18:12, 21 July 2023
- particularly the Passamaquoddy whose language is almost identical to theirs. They were closely allied with the French, and inter-marriage was not ...16 KB (2,389 words) - 06:38, 5 November 2022
- Africa and numerous books published in the French language, Fortes was greatly respected in the Anglo-Saxon world. His work on political systems exerted ...8 KB (1,075 words) - 16:31, 9 November 2022
- VII of Denmark Histoire de Nader Chah, a French translation of a work originally ... Greek and Latin. In The Sanscrit Language (1786) he suggested that ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- the reformation of the Russian literary language, preferring the easy style ... essays by foreign writers into his native language. He also met Jakob Michael ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 04:13, 15 November 2022
- The 1635 invasion and seizure by the French military of the island ... had moved in and begun to threaten the French and Spanish colonies. In ...16 KB (2,321 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- and the VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) authoring tool for viewing ... are bilingual—available in both French and English. While the content ...12 KB (1,742 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- for Arthurian legends in the English language. Malory's position ... and Maleore. The name comes from the Old French adjective maleüré (from ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- Russian poetry and the Russian literary language, Derzhavin's works ... meal. He believed that the melodious French language was a language of harmony ...6 KB (907 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- of teaching children in their native language. Instruction occurs in the ... immersion students with no previous French language training, usually beginning ...32 KB (4,686 words) - 03:50, 1 October 2023
- René Samuel Cassin (October 5, 1887 – February 20, 1976) was a ... and war orphans and promoted education and French culture internationally. ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- Foie gras (French for "fat liver") is the liver of a goose ... Another French delicacy, Confit d'oie, requires goose meat macerated ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 01:17, 5 March 2021
- The Prague Linguistic Circle (French: Cercle linguistique de Prague; ... be applied both synchronically, to a language as it exists, and diachronically ...16 KB (2,265 words) - 22:11, 30 November 2022
- |langs= Wendat, French, English |rels=Animism, Roman Catholicism, Other ... with other tribes and the colonial French, they were almost completely ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla ... the Mexican Army's victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- His works, all of which were written in French, were privately printed and distributed; it has not yet been determined whether Hemsterhuis offered ...8 KB (1,207 words) - 04:59, 9 April 2024
- and television personality who brought French cuisine and cooking technique ... her 1961 cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking as well as for her ...12 KB (1,819 words) - 09:26, 12 May 2024
- The Grote Markt (Dutch) or Grand Place (French) is the central market ... , Cologne, and France. English wool, French wines and German beer were ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- French Polynesia, or as it is known in Tahitian language, Porinetia Farani, is a French "overseas country" in the southern Pacific ...18 KB (2,636 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- The territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (French: ... seventeenth century there were permanent French residents on the islands ...22 KB (3,091 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- * A French-language lycée in Santiago, Chile. * A French-language lycée in Madrid, Spain * A French-language lycée ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- #039; in many Romance languages, such as French (phare), Italian (faro), Portuguese (farol), Spanish (faro), Romanian (far), and Greek (φάρος). ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- In fact, the words for mermaid in Spanish, Siren, French, Sirène, Italian, Sirena, Polish, Syrena, and Portuguese, Sereia, show the connection between ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- December 6, 1961) was a Martinique-born French author and essayist. He was ... Fanon was born on the Caribbean island of Martinique, then a French ...17 KB (2,551 words) - 15:25, 6 October 2022
- Paul-Émile Botta (December 6, 1802 – March 29, 1870) was a French ... Botta joined the French diplomatic corps, and was initially sent to ...8 KB (1,273 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian ... dealt with efforts to standardize the French language, Richelieu himself ordered ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 05:20, 24 November 2022
- it "dephlogisticated marine acid." French chemist Claude Louis Berthollet, noting the bleaching properties of chlorine, invented hypochlorite ...7 KB (964 words) - 18:12, 31 October 2023
- and perfected his knowledge of English, French, and German, all the while ... was Viennese Classical music and the language spoken by educated Hungarians ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- The Triple Entente ("entente"—French for "agreement") was the alliance formed in 1907 among the United Kingdom of Great ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- September 17, 1743 - March 28, 1794) was a French philosopher, mathematician ... to the Académie royale des Sciences (French Royal Academy of Sciences). ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- Many Omaha speak their native language, which is taught in their ... The Omaha speak a Siouan language which is very similar to that spoken ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 00:35, 18 November 2022
- time it was part of Tonga and shared its language and customs. Futuna has ... Samuel Wallis visited Wallis in 1767. The French were the first Europeans ...20 KB (2,970 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- quot; is the usual English rendition of a French slogan, "l'art ... The concept was adopted by a number of French, British and American ...11 KB (1,602 words) - 10:50, 16 August 2023
- This French-language reference book first appeared in 1905 and was ... the use of words and the development of the French language. ...22 KB (3,268 words) - 14:12, 29 January 2024
- who, after being uprooted by the French Revolution, became a great ... De Maistre developed a theological view of the French Revolution as ...18 KB (2,651 words) - 05:02, 7 May 2024
- – 1932), a Vietnamese man working for French colonialists. Ngô Văn Chiêu ... can be conducted in Vietnamese, Chinese, French, or English, depending on ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- the presentation of a musical composition. French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully ... written their initial tempo marking in some other language. ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- culture, including fluent use of the French language and conversion to Christianity ... The French empire has ensured that the French language remains one of the most ...25 KB (3,770 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2022
- to at least 30 languages, including French, Spanish, Welsh, Afrikaans ... human voice: adapted also to the English language as a complete system of ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- Latin, the creature is basiliscus, and in French, it is basilique, both of ... and Early languages of Europe, the Old French cocatris was adopted into ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- philosopher and psychologist of the French Enlightenment. He systematized ... His ideas held sway among French intellectuals for fifty years, and ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- [[Image:Interp.jpg|thumb|right|400 px|Two sign language Interpreters ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual ...22 KB (3,412 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a French-Romanian playwright and dramatist ... to a Romanian father and a mother of French and Greek-Romanian heritage ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in Beijing. It developed ... are still used interchangeably in English-language texts in both countries. ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- powers during the turmoil following the French Revolution and to stop seditious ... as a natural ally. Following the French Revolution of 1789, many ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 18:22, 21 July 2023
- (Les) Cahiers du cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) is an influential French ... français" ("a certain trend in French cinema")—arguably ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 10:18, 25 November 2023
- ] in French) (May 10, 1788 – July 14, 1827), was a French physicist ... In 1814, because he was a supporter of the French monarchy, he lost his appointment ...11 KB (1,814 words) - 21:58, 30 November 2021
- in the creation of American Sign Language, which was later recognized ... methodology under Sicard, learning sign language from Massieu and Clerc, ...11 KB (1,641 words) - 21:19, 30 April 2023
- familiar with the work of the famous French organ builder Aristide Cavaillé ... a century, and laid the groundwork for the French symphonic organ style. In ...9 KB (1,338 words) - 00:07, 4 December 2023
- the basis for a common chemical "language" essential in this ... quot; for "potassium," and the French prefer the obsolete but historic ...10 KB (1,624 words) - 14:39, 5 December 2023
- 22, 1869 – February 19, 1951) was a French author and winner of the ... in 1891, The Notebooks of Andre Walter (French: Les Cahiers d'André ...14 KB (1,915 words) - 20:02, 26 July 2023
- Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition [http://dictionary ... years. The usual combination is English, French, and Latin, although sometimes ...14 KB (2,013 words) - 07:46, 10 January 2024
- Technically, lead-glazed earthenware, such as the French sixteenth ... The name faience is simply the French name for the town of Faenza ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 00:28, 25 March 2024
- William of Normandy (French: Guillaume de Normandie) (1028 – September ... was that for several centuries, French was the language of the rulers ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- a village named Nkuna by the Italian born French explorer, Pierre Savorgnan ... The area came under French sovereignty in the 1880s. Franco-Italian ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 22:54, 20 November 2023
- Paul Ricœur (February 27, 1913 – May 20, 2005) was a French philosopher ... was at the Sorbonne that Ricoeur met the French philosopher Gabriel Marcel ...18 KB (2,604 words) - 01:31, 23 November 2022
- The Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA, French ... was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904—the French name and acronym persist ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- quot; is the Russian term, derived from French "lycee"), offering ... classes in Greece and Cyprus. The French word for an upper secondary ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- In 1952, Poulet became a professor of French Literature at Johns Hopkins ... Prix de la Critique littéraire and the French Academy’s Prix Durchon ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 01:13, 29 November 2022
- ) It is also the most populated city in French-speaking Western Africa. ... me bidjan," which in the Ebrié language means "I've just ...16 KB (2,261 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- ) is a casserole-style dish of Spanish and French influence originating in ... Rice stews have a long lineage in the culinary traditions of the French ...19 KB (2,856 words) - 22:44, 16 December 2021
- He was a gifted linguist (fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian ... Tyndale introduced new words into the English language: ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- The French campaign against Korea of 1866, known as Byeonginyangyo ... control of the government in 1864, twelve French Jesuit priests living and ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- 31, 1867) was one of the most influential French poets and critics of the ... moral anomie, was labeled obscene by the French government and Baudelaire ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 01:56, 4 December 2023
- * Curcuma in Portuguese and French * Куркума (kurkuma) in Macedonian * Kurkuma in Finnish * Gurkmeja in Swedish * 欝金 (ukon) in Japanese ...16 KB (2,344 words) - 19:02, 6 November 2022
- |langs=The Tuareg language(s) (Tamasheq, Tamajeq, Tamahaq) ... The Tuareg (sometimes spelled Touareg in French, or Twareg in English ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- Vanuatu was the location of a unique Anglo-French government system, it operates ... between English language and French language speakers. The legal system ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- 23, 1873 – 1957) was a German-born, French ethnographer and folklorist ... Germany, into a family of mixed Dutch-French immigrants. When he was six ...14 KB (2,061 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- Lake Geneva or Lake Léman (French Lac Léman, le Léman, or Lac de ... Roman culture, eventually developing the French language. ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- educated elites from the West generally spoke French or German. On arriving into some villages dressed appropriately and singing and dancing, putting ...11 KB (1,586 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- him to be one of the greatest Spanish-language poets in history. He experimented ... vigor to the stale, monotonous Spanish-language poetry of the time. He is ...13 KB (2,077 words) - 19:46, 20 August 2022
- to King James V of Scotland and his French wife, Marie de Guise. In ... to Inchmahome Priory, and turned to the French ambassador Monsieur D'Oysel. ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:03, 7 November 2022
- that of Pushkin, though the domination of French, the language of the Russian ... His duel with a son of the French ambassador led to his being returned ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- The word "gravel" comes from the French gravelle, meaning "coarse sand." == Size range == As noted above, the term gravel ...6 KB (948 words) - 18:27, 20 January 2023
- ===Pre-French Protectorate era=== The area which is today Casablanca ... around 12,000 within a few years of the French conquest and arrival of French ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- code where the word premier, ([[French language|French]] for "first ... is an exception to this pattern. The French language did not make use of ...14 KB (2,290 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- The word camphor derives from the French word camphre, itself from ... would call to buy camphor. In the Indian language Sanskrit, the word karpoor ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- Gabriel Urbain Fauré May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924) was a French ... years. He studied with several prominent French musicians, including Camille ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 07:36, 15 April 2024
- the source of the Niger River. Although French efforts at pacification began ... became an autonomous state within the French Community, and it reached ...18 KB (2,433 words) - 21:41, 31 July 2023
- is divided into two parts, between the French Republic and the Kingdom ... retains its own distinct flavor, with the French side reflecting quiet elegance ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- quot; first entered the English Language around 1912. Derived from ... was witnessing a general strike on the French railroads. Tired of waiting ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 18:32, 22 December 2022
- ) is the oldest major work of French literature. It exists in various ... best manuscript is written in Anglo-Norman French and the Latinized name of ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- Since her classes were taught in classic French rather than the local Gascon ... #039; or 'it' in the Gascon language. |right|250px|Saint ...11 KB (1,754 words) - 19:13, 22 December 2022
- However, the term shallot also is used for other plants. The French ... Allium oschaninii, the French Gray shallot, has a long bulb, covered ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- system. The conquest changed the English language and culture, and set the ... Viking settlement. In the year 911, French Carolingian ruler Charles ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- joining the British and the Choctaw the French. During the American Civil ... are related to the Choctaws, who speak a language very similar to the Chickasaw ...14 KB (2,099 words) - 15:20, 10 December 2023
- in the seventeenth century, originally a French word that combined the Latin ... of c. 1800 B.C.E. to the Hittite language. When the cuneiform script ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 06:45, 12 January 2024
- |langs=English, Míkmaq, French |related=other Algonquian peoples ... Mi'kmaq comes from a word in their language meaning "allies." ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- ravaged their population, and when the French and Indian Wars led to increasing ... of the Dawn Land" in the Abenaki language—from wôban ("dawn ...20 KB (2,915 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- appearing in Robert de Boron's French poem, Merlin (late twelfth ... Merlin, part of the Post-Vulgate Cycle of French Arthurian literature of the ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- encouraged by the American Revolution, French Revolution, and Napoleon ... in the German image in the way that the French and the British tried to ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- the latter consciously modeled on the French Encyclopedie. His collaborators ... rejeced the positivist treatment of language in general and, in particular ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- philosophy" were introduced by French philosopher Claude-Henri ... French philosopher Auguste Comte (1789-1857)—for seven years a student ...11 KB (1,561 words) - 05:45, 30 November 2022
- independent of the Academies). The French Academy regions are similar ... body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary ... he worked as a civil servant for the French Ministry of the Interior ...9 KB (1,248 words) - 03:25, 6 August 2022
- ;In French [[Image:KomponistOffenbach(Photographie).jpg|French composer ... Operetta grew out of the French opéra comique around the middle of ...19 KB (2,844 words) - 00:52, 18 November 2022
- one travels from the coast, the less that French, the official language, is ... status as the regional power." The French took over the area in 1892 ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- The catacombs in Paris were surely used by French resistance during World War II. ... catacumba in Spanish, and catacombe in French. It is most likely that from ...16 KB (2,439 words) - 14:27, 29 November 2023
- identical synthetic variety, often called French ultramarine, became available. ... century, with the chemical synthesis of French ultramarine and the discovery ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 22:35, 22 October 2022
- Dr. John Willinsky in the Department of Language and Literacy EducationThe ... community members, with Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese ...14 KB (1,916 words) - 23:35, 2 December 2022
- : Sometimes, especially in Thai language documents, King Mongkut might ... Siam’s sovereignty from British and French imperial powers. In 1855 ...12 KB (1,824 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- [Goethe, 550]. Hegel remarked: "The French have a saying: Le stile c ... Lay Styles (Volume III in the English language translation of The Glory ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 14:40, 1 August 2022
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: La ... are of constitutional value in present-day French law and may be used to oppose ...17 KB (2,728 words) - 23:49, 26 July 2022
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (French alɛ̃ ʁɔb gʁiˈje ) (August 18, 1922 – February 18, 2008), was a French writer and ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 04:24, 17 June 2023
- eighteenth century by Antoine Galland, a French orientalist, who claimed ... written in Arabic was a translation into French (1704–1717) by Antoine ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- used to tease her by commenting that French women were better than African ... Coleman took French language class at the Berlitz school in Chicago ...9 KB (1,369 words) - 17:27, 29 September 2023
- The Pendjari National Park (French: Parc National de la Pandjari) ... is a large semi-protected zone known in French as La zone cygnetique de ...12 KB (1,767 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- Countries and the Summit Conference of the French and African Heads of State ... of La Francophonie, an organization of French-speaking nations. From 2003 ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 2023
- ; November 15, 1757 – March 24, 1794) was a French journalist, the ... followers were known as the Hébertists (French Hébertistes). He was one ...26 KB (3,903 words) - 21:56, 28 November 2022
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty (March 14, 1908 – May 4, 1961) was a French ... === Language and Art=== The highlighting of corporeality as intrinsically ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 00:45, 9 November 2022
- *Towards the end of the seventeenth century, the French fables of ... *Jean de La Fontaine, the French poet, took his inspiration from the ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- 28, 1908 - October 30, 2009), was a French anthropologist who became ... Though thought of as French, Claude Lévi-Strauss was born in Bruxelles ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 10:55, 19 December 2023
- derived word chapulín is used instead. French presents an inverse case: ... In contemporary French usage, langouste is used almost exclusively ...14 KB (2,045 words) - 07:50, 9 March 2023
- one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. Montaigne is ... there was for Latin to become his first language. His intellectual education ...14 KB (2,276 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- poems would be a major inspiration for the French Symbolist poets of Rimbaud ... have been a major and lasting influence on French literature for over a century. ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- in other languages: Côte-d'Ivoire in French, Elfenbeinküste in German ... the 1840s, enticing local chiefs to grant French commercial traders a monopoly ...28 KB (4,077 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- and south of the somewhat bigger French outpost of Martinique. Compared ... of the island’s name is that a band of French sailors, shipwrecked early ...18 KB (2,530 words) - 23:24, 1 August 2023
- The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles ... under the influence of an influx of French-language pamphlets published ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- five iambs per line. The most common in French is the alexandrin, with 12 ... expression, to attempt to ennoble the French language by imitating the Ancients ...22 KB (3,069 words) - 23:36, 26 July 2021
- may have evolved into Linear B, a written language that replaced Linear A around ... of ancient Greek. Linear A represents the language of the Minoan people before ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- of Greek and Latin and was acquainted with French, Italian, Hebrew, Chaldean ... one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Sciences. In the ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- somewhat turbulent history as capital of a French colony, then of a socialist ... In 1895, the country was incorporated into French West Africa. ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- and Uranus, which she then translated into French. Theodore Flournoy, a professor ... Pierre Janet, a French psychologist, was one of the first to pioneer ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:04, 23 August 2023
- which is in turn derived from the French fr|administration, itself ... in 1969, the HEC School of Management (in French, the École des Hautes Études ...13 KB (1,727 words) - 06:01, 15 June 2023
- Its English name, chive, derives from the French word cive, which was derived ... are one of the "fines herbes" of French cuisine, which also include ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 23:56, 13 January 2023
- French law, the Catholic religion, and French language in the colony; before ... repeal limitations on the use of the French language in the legislature. ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- He has written extensively about the relationship between language ... three mother tongues, German, English and French; his mother was multilingual ...21 KB (2,963 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- Foie gras (French for "fat liver") is the liver of a duck (or goose) that has been specially fattened. Foie gras is one of the most ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 17:18, 12 February 2024
- lived with his uncle. Agassiz learned to speak French and German and first became interested in science after meeting famous biologist, Theodore Von ...9 KB (1,298 words) - 09:40, 15 May 2021
- The French first penetrated in 1891, establishing control through ... side against another. The leader of the French-supported rebel group FAN ...18 KB (2,543 words) - 11:58, 13 May 2024
- neighboring countries, was known as French Sudan or the Sudanese Republic ... of the country, but many laws of the French era remain in effect. The ...15 KB (2,110 words) - 06:37, 5 November 2022
- but also, often of the English language itself. Chaucer's writings ... of his early period (sometimes called his French and Italian period) Troilus ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- poorest countries in Africa. The former French colony has suffered decades ... Brazza took the lead in establishing the French Congo (with headquarters ...29 KB (4,266 words) - 23:52, 3 December 2023
- prince or governor, or a derivate in a local language. One of the newly ... Djallon state lasted until 1898, when French colonial troops defeated ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- at home. Inspired by his teachers of French language and literature, young ... * [http://lib.ru/PROZA/BABEL/ Prose] in original Russian language ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
- In physics, a lever (from French lever, meaning "to raise") is a rigid object that is used with an appropriate fulcrum (pivot point ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 22:06, 25 October 2022
- substantial influence on Twentieth-Century French Philosophy. His lectures ... After World War II, Kojève worked in the French Ministry of Economic Affairs ...23 KB (3,422 words) - 06:36, 20 July 2023
- harsh jungles of Central Africa were the French, who gained complete control ... the Bantu group within the Niger-Congo language family, a wide variety of ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- of science. The name derives from the French phrase, Système International ... The metric system was officially adopted in France after the French ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 18:28, 22 December 2022
- Emmanuel Lévinas (January 12, 1906 – December 25, 1995) was a French ... in France. It was there that he met the French philosopher Maurice Blanchot ...17 KB (2,583 words) - 18:22, 13 February 2024
- Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as Charles VI the Mad (French: ... as English oppression personifies the French spirit and the French sense ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- which occurs many times in modern English-language popular culture. ... of modern literature, most famously in French poet Jean de La Fontaine’s ...8 KB (1,256 words) - 00:38, 29 November 2023
- state in Western Europe located along the French Riviera between the Mediterranean ... for a brief period (1793 - 1814) under French control. Designated as a ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- Robert Schuman (June 29, 1886 - September 4, 1963) was a noted French ... would remove "war" from human language. Schuman's contribution ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 21:29, 16 April 2023
- its income comes from the spending of the French governmental salaries, as ... Pointe-à-Pitre. French language, [http://www.ville-pointeapitre.fr/ ...26 KB (3,654 words) - 02:55, 26 February 2023
- poetic and folksong traditions and the French chansonnier style represented ... visit her house "Please, speak the language of Lenin—Russian." ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:39, 22 November 2023
- Georges-Pierre Seurat (December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891) was a ... aspects of paintings and a theoretical language by which to paint. ...12 KB (1,923 words) - 22:59, 24 November 2022
- September 20, 1792 during the years of the French Revolution. It provided the ... Assembly, operating under the liberal French Constitution of 1791, lasted ...23 KB (3,164 words) - 20:20, 30 September 2023
- explorers arrived in the eleventh century. French colonists established Port ... Nova Scotia was established in 1604. The French, led by Pierre Dugua, Sieur ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- | language = Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | registration = Optional ...18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
- Immanuel Kant; to read Latin and French classics and Arabic and Syriac books. After suffering a breakdown from overwork in 1808, he went to Lemberg ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- Jacques Cartier (December 31, 1491 – September 1, 1557) was a French ... At the time of his death, no permanent French settlements had yet ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 12:31, 6 November 2021
- in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. ... Webster always admired French radical thought, and unlike most Federalists ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 02:32, 16 November 2022
- Neiges is extinct. Despite its name, snow (French: neige) practically never ... from Port Louis, Mauritius. Although the French flag was hoisted in 1638 ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- changes in point of view, the florid language, and the atmosphere of the ... including German, Norwegian, Swedish, French, Finnish, and Spanish. ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- While his governess taught him Russian, German, French, and geography, he also received instruction on the piano and the violin. At the age of ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 17:51, 9 November 2022
- The Tale of Igor's Campaign (Old East Slavic language: Слово ... that the document contained transitional language between a) earlier fragments ...10 KB (1,577 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- members. Clifford studied Greek, German, Spanish, French, Arabic and Sanskrit, as well as Morse code and shorthand. He was responsible for the translation ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 11:09, 10 May 2023
- volume. In 1944, he became professor of French literature at the National ... main influences were Surrealism and the French Nouveau roman as well as ...9 KB (1,243 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English language broadsheet ... which began publishing an English language edition in the 1990s as ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 02:34, 1 August 2022
- by the Arabs. Though the Sogdian language is extinct, there remains ... Islam, and simultaneously Persian (Tajik) language replaced Sogdian, although ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- themselves as Berber. However the Berber language is spoken by an estimated ... period for the spread of an Afro-Asiatic language (ancestral to the modern ...26 KB (3,865 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- was for a time the location of the Free French government of General Charles ... The city consists of three sections. The lower part, the French area ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- His prose works, written in the Hebrew language, made accessible to the ... were later translated into Latin, Spanish, French, English and German. Ibn ...14 KB (2,169 words) - 06:29, 14 June 2023
- Guillaume Apollinaire (in French ɡijom apɔliˈnɛʁ ) (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a French avant-garde ...11 KB (1,569 words) - 23:21, 11 July 2023
- mathematics, science, and often a foreign language. Beyond successfully mastering ... Louis XVI]], one of the most prominent French engineering schools, one ...13 KB (1,906 words) - 22:22, 30 November 2022
- was one of the most distinguished of the French Jansenists. He affiliated ... considerable influence on the formation of French prose. Niceron (Mèmoires ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 05:25, 24 November 2022
- There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ... to provide paraphrased Gospel versions in language closer to the vernacular ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... Geneva is covered by the various French language radio networks of ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- The name "crayfish" comes from the Old French word escrevisse (Modern French écrevisse) from Old Frankish krebitja (cf. crab), from ...15 KB (2,268 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- in many different languages, including French, German, and Italian. While ... to interest his students in his native language. His attempt to establish ...14 KB (2,015 words) - 07:53, 9 March 2023
- 1926) is generally considered the German language's greatest twentieth ... Rilke attempted in his poetry to create language that, in his own ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 00:08, 8 December 2022
- as HTML. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works ... , the non-English languages most represented are: French, German, ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton—formerly île Royale ... As a French colony it was known as Île Royale, later taking the name ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- the range of Ancient Egyptian culture (language, literature, history, religion ... the Mediterranean did not occur until the French occupation of the Nile Valley ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- of relgion, and the philosophy of language as well as works on aesthetics ... Schlegel’s Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier (On the Language ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- Volcanoes National Park (French: Parc National des Volcans) lies in ... The Akagera National Park (French: Parc National de l'Akagera ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- Charles Perrault (January 12, 1628 – May 16, 1703) was a French ... unpublished books and articles, in the French language, dealing with children ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- February 11, 1821 – January 19, 1881) was a French scholar and archaeologist, one of the early pioneers of Egyptology. He became famous for his discoveries ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 19:00, 21 August 2023
- The battle was waged during the period when the British and French ... ===Growing French influence=== Growing on the sidelines was the French ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 10:19, 22 September 2023
- Beginning in 1719, French settlers cultivated coffee, tobacco, indigo ... crushed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victor Hugues. More ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- called in Wolof (the most widely spoken language in the West African nation ... Saint-Louis news and culture portal. French Language Site. ...21 KB (2,973 words) - 18:57, 22 December 2022
- to be applied particularly to a number of French philosophers who differed ... to be applied particularly to a number of French philosophers who differed ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- for everyone with great compassion. Such language has deep resonances in other ... * Bournouf, Eugène. Le lotus de la bon loi. 1852 [French Translation ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- Their struggle for purity of the Russian language had something in common ... and developed a strong distaste for French atheism. He felt so passionately ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 07:38, 12 March 2024
- connotes, dialogue implies the use of language. A dialogue is distinguished ... Two French writers of eminence borrowed the title of Lucian’s most ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- are based on Catalonian law, its language is Catalan, as is a large ... marriage, and a dispute arose between the French Count and the Catalan bishop ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- poet, playwright, and essayist writing in French. He was awarded the Nobel ... Academy awarded him the Medal for the French Language. He died in Nice on ...15 KB (2,277 words) - 16:59, 7 November 2022
- on by latter generations of Spanish-language poets such as Pablo Neruda ... from the practices of nineteenth century French poets like Arthur Rimbaud ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- With very few variations, the Moabite language of the inscription ... consistent with the common use of language in the ancient Near East. ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian ... as middlemen for the fur trade between the French and various Great Lakes Tribes ...28 KB (4,269 words) - 00:29, 12 April 2023
- André-Marie Ampère (January 20 1775 – June 10 1836), was a French ... he also attempted to establish the proto-language from which all human tongues ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 17:59, 27 July 2023
- a nation in West Africa formerly known as French Guinea. Guinea's territory ... spelled Fuuta Jalon; Fouta Djallon is a French spelling; in English it is ...23 KB (3,314 words) - 23:40, 25 March 2024
- Arabic as awar, in Italian as avaria, and in French as avarie. An "average adjuster" is a person who assesses an insurable loss. ...14 KB (2,265 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 03:52, 6 November 2022
- several other related concepts such as: language, logic, consciousness, knowledge ... The English term “reason” is derived from the French word raison ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- lack of understanding about the role of language in human thought. Herder ... In 1769, Herder traveled to the French port of Nantes and continued ...18 KB (2,775 words) - 14:41, 1 August 2022
- it is a translation of Descartes' original French statement: "Je pense, donc je suis," which occurs in his Discourse on Method (1637). ...12 KB (1,920 words) - 22:26, 7 January 2024
- (August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794) was a French nobleman who, along with ... he was beheaded at the height of the French Revolution. ...17 KB (2,470 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- Nicholas or Nicolaus of Autrecourt (in French: Nicholas d'Autrécourt) (c. 1295 – 1369) was a French medieval philosopher, theologian ...10 KB (1,617 words) - 23:32, 14 November 2022
- The name of this bird group is derived from Tupi tucana, via French. ==Behavior, diet, and reproduction== [[Image:Ramphastos dicolorus nesting ...10 KB (1,560 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- the exact translation is disputed. The French called them the Puans, translated ... The Ho-Chunk language is part of the Siouan language family, and is ...25 KB (3,880 words) - 11:01, 15 May 2023
- 9, 1585 – December 4, 1642), was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman ... to be the official authority on the French language. Richelieu served as ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 19:14, 26 November 2023
- a Common Community Commission, Flemish and French community commissions, 19 ... Community have been devolved to the French language Walloon Region, and ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- the task. The name musquash comes from the Cree language, while French speaking Canadians call the muskrat rat musqué (Musgrave 2007; MU 2007). ...10 KB (1,517 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- support of creating an easy and flexible language that would serve as a universal ... unreasonable criticism of Germany in the French, British, and American media. ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 07:20, 20 July 2023
- Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana—are also known as ... Latin (namely Portuguese, Spanish, and French). Conversely, Anglo-America ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- He also taught courses in Greek, Latin, French, German, and natural history ... For this purpose, he studied the Polish language, established contacts within ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 22:02, 3 May 2023
- the Spanish, Portuguese, and French words—mestizaje, miscigenação ... The word miscegenation quickly entered the common language of the ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- in much of Europe's history from the French Revolution through the World ... has given several phrases to the English language, including the "Curate ...8 KB (1,281 words) - 23:46, 2 December 2022
- (July 29, 1805 – April 16, 1859) was a French political thinker, historian ... body of official authorities on the French language.Oxford Companion, [http://www ...22 KB (3,185 words) - 06:41, 20 July 2023
- The portrait's Italian (La Gioconda) and French (La Joconde) ... France have owned the Mona Lisa since the French Revolution. ...18 KB (2,836 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- France, it must have originated in the French language. The "Hugues hypothesis ... followed by the whole Bible in the French language, in 1528. William Farel ...28 KB (4,156 words) - 15:10, 9 February 2024
- official biographer. As the first English-language practitioner of psychoanalysis ... London hospitals. His extensive reading of French and German literature in ...11 KB (1,522 words) - 01:05, 7 September 2023
- He first attended a French Christian Brothers school in Haifa, then ... to mastering English—adding this language to the Arabic, French, Persian ...19 KB (3,025 words) - 14:24, 27 January 2023
- Celan's poetry was primarily influenced by the French Surrealists ... who insisted that German be the language spoken in their house. After ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:50, 21 November 2022
- forms as crau, cro, crouè are found in French dialects, and all probably ... * Magnon is almost certainly the augmentative form of the Old French ...8 KB (1,081 words) - 00:21, 15 January 2023
- In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural ... to the grammar of all the speakers of the language), in which case the term ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- is part of the Mascarene Islands, with the French island of Réunion 200 km ... The French, who controlled the neighboring islands of Rodrigues and ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- weapons and ammunition, acquired from the French, British, and the Italians ... France, offering a treaty of alliance; the French response was to abandon the ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- (June 23, 1846 - June 30, 1916) was a French Egyptologist who served as ... a teacher (répétiteur) of Egyptian language and archaeology at the École ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 04:40, 18 April 2024
- to Paris where attended lectures by the French classicist Jean Letronne ... Based on his work in the ancient Egyptian language, and his field work in the ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- occasionally used by pirates until the French began to take control of ... The British contested control over the islands with the French between ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- Bornu peoples created a new people and language, the Kanuri. ... Sultanate. It was at this time that the French entered the region, having ...14 KB (2,148 words) - 19:44, 20 November 2023
