gallicism









gallicism


noun

  1. a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.
  2. a feature that is characteristic of or peculiar to the French language.
  3. a custom or trait considered to be characteristically French.

noun

  1. a word or idiom borrowed from French
n.

“French word or idiom,” 1650s, from Gallic + -ism.

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