French
参见:french
英语
编辑词源
编辑继承自中古英语 Frenche、Frensch、Frensc、Frenshe、Frenk、Franche,来自古英语 Frenċisċ (“法语”),来自原始西日耳曼语 *Frankisk (“法兰克”),等同于Frank + -ish (对照Frankish)。与西佛兰德语 Fransch (“法语”)、荷兰语 Frans (“法语”)、中古低地德语 vranksch、frenkisch、vrenkesch、vrenksch (“法语”)、中古高地德语 frenkisch、frensch (“法兰克的,法兰西的”;> 德语 fränkisch (“法兰克尼亚”))、丹麦语 fransk (“法语”)、瑞典语 fransk、fransysk (“法语”)、冰岛语 franska (“法语”)同源。
用作粗俗语言的义项,其通常指早期19世纪上层阶级实际使用的法语表达 (但通常轻微无礼),后来被下层阶级用作骂人的话,因为他们认为听者不会熟悉这些用语。
用来指苦艾酒的义项,是French vermouth的简称。
发音
编辑专有名词
编辑- (主要用于不可数) 法语
- She speaks French.
- 她说法语。
- c. 1390, Robert Grosseteste, translating Chateau d'Amour as The Castle of Love, ll. 25 ff.:
- 1533, Thomas More, The Debellacyon of Salem & Bizance, fol. 96:
- 1720, Daniel Defoe, Memoirs of a Cavalier,第 13 页:
- I could speak but little French.
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- 1991, Michael Clyne, Pluricentric Languages: Differing Norms in Different Nations, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN,第 169 页:
- Thus, complementary to the French of France, the Quebecois (and in a lesser degree the Frenches of Africa, Swiss French, etc.) would constitute languages in their own right.
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- 1997, Albert Valdman, French and Creole in Louisiana,第 29 页:
- Almost three quarters of the population 65 and older reported speaking French.
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- 2004, Jack Flam, Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship,第 18 页:
- Although he would spend the rest of his life in France, Picasso never mastered the language, and during those early years he was especially self-conscious about how bad his French was.
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- 2013, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, C.1100-c.1500, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, →ISBN,第 361 页:
- The Frenches of England remain as working languages in the different registers of various occupational communities and for particular social rituals. Beyond the fifteenth century, French is a much less substantial presence in England, though […]
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- (不可数) 法语交流能力
- My French is a little rusty.
- 我的法语有些生疏了。
- 1742 April 4, R. West, letter to Thomas Gray:
- [Racine's] language is the language of the times, and that of the purest sort; so that his French is reckoned a standard.
- (不可数) 作为学科的法国语言、文学
- I'm taking French next semester.
- 下学期我要上法语课。
- (不可数,委婉,现常ironic) 粗俗语言
- Pardon my French.
- 恕我言粗。
- 1845, Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Adventure in New Zealand, 第 I 卷,第 327 页:
- The enraged headsman spares no 'bad French' in explaining his motives.
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- 1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off':
- Cameron: Pardon my French, but you're an asshole!
- 2005年5月29日, New York Times Book Review,第 12 页:
- The book... is a welcome change from theory-infected academic discourse, pardon my French.
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- (可数) 姓氏
- Dawn French.
衍生词
编辑- (姓氏): Frenchburg
派生词
编辑- ⇒ 美国手语: 9@InsideNeckhigh-PalmDown 9@SideNeckhigh-PalmUp
- → 乔克托语: Filanchi
- → 旁遮普语: ਫ਼੍ਰੈਂਚ (frēñc)
- → 祖鲁语: isiFulentshi
名词
编辑French (可数 和 不可数,复数 French 或 Frenches)
- (主要用于集合名词和以复数形式) 法国人
- The Hundred Years' War was fought between the English and the French.
- 百年战争是英国人和法国人之间的战争。
- Under the Fourth Republic, more and more French unionized.
- 在第四共和国时期,越来越多的法国人加入了工会。
- 1579, Francesco Guicciardini as, 译者 Geoffrey Fenton, The Historie of Guicciardin,第 378 页:
- […] to breake the necke of the wicked purposes & plots of the French […]
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- 1653, François Rabelais, 译者 Thomas Urquhart, Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, 第 I 卷,第 214 页:
- Such is the nature and complexion of the frenches, that they are worth nothing, but at the first push.
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- 2002, Jeremy Thornton, The French and Indian War,第 14 页:
- On the way, scouts reported that some French were heading toward them across the ice.
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- (不可数,过时俚语,性) oral sex (“口交”)之同义词(尤指嗦吮阴茎)
- 1968, Bill Turner, Sex Trap,第 64 页:
- You can be whipped or caned... or you can have French for another pound.
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- 1986年5月6日, Semper Floreat,第 34 页:
- Always use condoms with Greek (anal intercourse), straight sex (vaginal intercourse, fucking), French (oral sex).
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- 1996年10月13日, Observer,第 25 页:
- ‘French’—still used by prostitutes as a term for oral sex.
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- (主要用于不可数,过时俚语) French vermouth的缩略形式
使用说明
编辑复数形式Frenches的使用在早期现代英语出现过,在当代英语很少出现。和其他集体区域居民称谓词一样,French在指代法国人时,会在前面加上定冠词或定语。
衍生词
编辑派生词
编辑- → 祖鲁语: iFulentshi
形容词
编辑French (比较级 more French,最高级 most French)
- 法国的
- the French border with Italy
- 法国和意大利的边界
- 2015年5月3日, “Standardized Testing”, 出自 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, 第 2 季数, 第 12 集数, John Oliver(演员), 经由 HBO:
- That must have hurt, especially because you knew the French children weren’t even trying. “Uh, go on, play weez your seellee nambeurs. Zey tell you nosseeng of ze true naytcheur of ze soula. I’ll weepa for you.”
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- 与法国人民和文化有关的
- French customs
- 法国习俗
- 法语的
- French verbs
- 法语动词
- (俚语,性欲) 与口交有关的
- 同类词:straight
- French active ― 被口交的人
- French girl ― 提供口交的妓女
- (非正式,常委婉) 用于构成性病的名称或指代
- French disease ― 性病
- French crown ― 性病造成的脱发
- French pox ― 梅毒 (字面意思是“法国痘,法国疹”)
同义词
编辑衍生词
编辑- Free French
- French and Iroquois Wars
- French augmented sixth chord
- French bean, french bean
- French berry (Rhamnus saxatilis)
- French braid
- French bread
- French Bulldog
- French Canada
- French Canadian, French-Canadian
- French canon
- French casement
- French chalk
- French Community
- French Congo
- French corner
- French cowslip (Primula auricula)
- French cricket
- French cuff
- French curl
- French curve
- French-cut
- French defence, French defense, French Defence
- French dip
- French disease
- French donut
- French door
- French drain
- French dressing, french dressing
- French drop
- French Equatorial Africa
- French exit
- French fact
- French fake
- French fits
- French franc
- french fries
- French fries
- French grey
- French grip
- French Guiana
- French Guianese
- French Guinea
- French Guyana
- French harp
- French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)
- French horn
- French hornist
- Frenchie
- Frenchification
- Frenchify
- French India
- French Indochina
- French inhale
- French Island
- French kiss
- French knickers
- French knot
- French lavender (Lavandula stoechas)
- French leave
- French letter
- French Lick
- French lilac (Syringa vulgaris & Galega officinalis)
- French loaf
- French lock
- French Louisiana
- French maid
- Frenchman
- Frenchman
- French Morocco
- French mulberry (Callicarpa americana)
- French mullet (Albula vulpes)
- French mustard
- French onion soup
- French pancake
- French paradox
- French parfait
- French partridge (Alectoris rufa)
- French pedicure
- French pie
- French plait
- French polish
- French Polynesia
- French Polynesian
- French pox
- French press
- French purple
- French Quarter
- French red
- French Republic
- French Republican Calendar
- French Revolution
- French Revolutionary Calendar
- French rice
- French River
- French Riviera
- French roast
- French roll
- French roof
- French rose (Rosa gallica)
- French rye (Arrhenatherum elatius)
- French sash
- French seam
- French Sign Language
- French sole (Microstomus kitt)
- French Somaliland
- French sorrel (Rumex scutatus)
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- French spacing
- French spinach (Atriplex hortensis)
- French stick
- French-style
- French Sudan
- French tickler
- French toast, french toast
- French Togoland
- Frenchtown
- French trumpet
- French tub
- French Turn
- French twist
- French Union
- French vanilla
- French West Africa
- French willow ( Salix triandra)
- French window, french window
- French wire
- Frenchwoman
- Frenchy
- Frenchy
- take French leave
- Vichy French
派生词
编辑动词
编辑French (第三人称单数简单现在时 Frenches,现在分词 Frenching,一般过去时及过去分词 Frenched)
- french的大小写替代形式
- 1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence,第 87 页:
- Even before I thought about what I was doing we Frenched and kissed with tongues.
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替代写法
编辑衍生词
编辑参见
编辑来源
编辑- “French, adj. & n.”,OED Online ,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,2009年
- "Where did the term 'Pardon my French' come from...", /r/AskHistorians, 2018.