After high-profile environmental campaigns, the word 'mégabassines' has now entered the French dictionary. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP The French dictionary Larousse has unveiled its latest list of ...

The French drinks brand Ricard uses a mixture of English and French in its 'born à Marseille' slogan. Photo: The Local More and more French adverts use English words or phrases in a blending of ...

Are you a gamer? If you’re French, it seems that you shouldn’t be using so much English in pursuit of your goals. It’s a feature of an active language, that it will readily assimilate words from ...

In Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English, I examine how words borrowed from different languages have influenced English throughout its history. The above feature summarizes some of the ...

France’s linguistic watchdog, the Académie Française, has banned the official use of tech jargon borrowed from English to describe the world of video gaming. The Culture Ministry, which was involved ...

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