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Today am going to write about common French words used in English today. very often you might have come across words that are not English word but are used when you read articles or books below is a list of some of this words.

1) Rendez-vous: The word means 'a meeting at a fixed place'' and time i.e lets say you meet an old friend and you decided to catch up for diner you can say you had a Rendez-vous.

2) Deja vu: It's a feeling that you get when you get to a place and you think that you have been there before even though you might not have been there before or a feeling that you have experienced something before.

3) En route: It means "On the way". In an event that you were expecting your babe for instance and she says she is En route your house, You know what that means??.

4) Sans: She graced the occasion Sans makeup. Sans means Without.

5) A la carte: Means when you have a Menu card where every dish have separate prices. So we decided to go a la carte we ordered a plate of paste and pizza and then unfortunately the waiter made a Faux pas.

6) Faux pas: As illustrated in the previous point means To make a mistake/ do something socially embarrassing. for instance if we say Psquare made a fashion Faux pas, it means a wardrobe malfunction.

7) Vis-a-vis: It means In relation to/comparison to or sometimes Face to face.

Passe: It means past time or something that is outdated.

9) Chauffeur: Means Driver

10) Adieu: Farewell/Goodbye

11) Souvenir: It means memento. something you give people as a form of resemblance.

12)Bon voyage: Have a safe journey.

13) C'est la vie : That's life

Thank you all for your time I hope this was informative.

Très intéressant

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okay na...

Nice

Not surprising.
English is actually at least 30% French.
Most French words entered English through the Norman (old French) invasion of England. If the French mainlanders hadn't invaded England, You and I in Nigeria would have probably sounded more like those cranky Germans and guttural Dutch people today.

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Nous avons aussi..(we also have)
Beau-Handsome
tete-a-tete :one on one conversation
Restaurant...
R.S.V.P.. Repondez s'il vous plait.. REPLY IF YOU PLEASE.

Attention is far more popular

We also have
table d hôte- 3 coursemeal
Café- coffee shop

Cool

Ah swear wen i was typin na only one person i see oh.... Spacebookers

Cest bon

Restaurant

Avant garde

Poisson

Guess who is here again

Thank u op

Merci boku

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I dont have anything to say, but I'm not going to pass this thread without commenting.

There, thats my comment

#Noted

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Où Se trouve les Nairalanders qui parlent Français ?

Let me drop one :

Communiqué : A piece of information directed to the public in form of press release (communiqué de Presse)

Brassiere

Ok...noted

C'est bon