Franglais

//ˌfɹɑŋˈɡleɪ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    French terms or expressions recently borrowed from the English language. derogatory, often
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Franglais. alt-of

    "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."

  3. 3
    The poor French spoken by anglophones. derogatory, often
  4. 4
    Colloquial speech that is a mix of English and French terms, conjugation, and grammar.

Synonyms

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frenglish

Example

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"I sometimes have a bad tendency to speak Franglais."

Etymology

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

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