French
French in its formal sense and used in its capitalized form, denotes:
- From or related to France The French city of Paris has many fine restaurants.\n# The French language Many citizens of Luxembourg are able to speak French.\n# The French people. See: List of French people
\nThe informal and uncapitalized word
french has various connotations that have these meanings:
- To cut into strips for cooking in the French style (also known as: to julienne), e.g., frenched carrots. The term french fries is a further simplification from this meaning applied specifically to potatoes.\n# To remove fat and meat from the tips of a bone-in chop or roast, e.g., frenched rack of lamb
The word also appears in many short phrases such as
french doors,
french horn,
french toast,
french letter, ''to take french leave,
french kiss, etc., coined to imply origination in or association with France, not necessarily accurately. Many of them are disrespectful.
There are similar expressions in
France, but referring to
England. "French cream" (a sweet milky sauce for desserts like cakes) is called in French "crème anglaise" (English cream). Some of these French expressions, such as "capote anglaise", "filer à l'anglaise", or "le vice anglais", are also disrespectful.
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