Word List COGNATES: Words Borrowed from French 214 words

COGNATES: Words Borrowed from French Vocabulary Word List (214)

• A

  a la carte, adieu, adroit, amateur, ambiance, aperitif, attache, attorney, au revoir, authority, avant-garde

• B

  bagatelle, ballet, banal, bas-relief, baton, bete noire, billet-doux, bizarre, blase, blond, bonbon, bouffant, boulevard, bouquet, bourgeoisie, brochure

• C

  cadet, cajole, canaille, canard, caprice, carousel, carte blanche, cartel, chagrin, charade, charity. chef, chef d'oeuvre, chemise, chic, chic, clairvoyant, clergy, cliche, clientele, clique, coiffure, communique, confrere, connoisseur, coroner, corsage, cortege, coterie, coup, coup de grace, cravat, creche, crime, cuisine, cul-de-sac

• D

  debacle, debonair, debris, debutante, demitasse, denouement, depot, detour, devotee, dossier

• E

  effete, elan, elite, emigre, encore, ennui, entente, entourage, entre nous, entree, entrepreneur, envoy, esprit de corps, essay, expose, extraordinaire

• F

  facade, fait accompli, faux pas, fete, fiance, fiancee, filet, finesse, flamboyant, foible, foyer

• G

  garage, gauche, gendarme, genre, gourmand, gourmet, government

• H

  habitue

• I

  impasse, impromptu, ingenue, inveigle

• J

  judge, jury, justice

• K

• L

  laissez-faire, largesse, legerdemain, liaison, liberty, lingerie

• M

  macabre, maitre d', mal a propos, maladroit, malaise, martinet, mayor, melange, melee, migraine, milieu, minister, mirage, moiety, morale, morgue, mot juste, motif, musicale

• N

  naive, nee, noblesse oblige, nocturne, noel, nonchalant, normal, nouveau riche, nuance

• O

• P

  palette, par excellence, parasol, parvenue, passe, pastoral, penchant, pension, personnel, piece de resistance, pince-nez, pique, poignant, precis, prestige. progress, protege, public

• Q

  qualite, quantite, quart

• R

  raconteur, raison d'etre, rapport, rapprochement, rebel, reconnoiter, regime, religion, rendezvous, repartee, repertoire, resume, riposte, risque

• S

  sabotage, saboteur, salon, sangfroid, savant, savoir faire, silhouette, sobriquet, souvenir, suede, suite, surfeit

• T

  table d'hote, tete-a-tete, ticket, timbre. toupee, tour de force, traitor, travesty, treasurer, troop, trophy

• U

  universal

• V

  vague, verdict, verve, victory, vignette, viola, vis-a-vis, vogue

• W

• X

• Y

• Z