When you’re an English speaker learning French, one of the best surprises is how many words are cognates—words that look and sound similar in both English and French, and have the same meaning. A few ...

French is a difficult language for us expats to learn and if the grammar rules, false friends and tongue-twisting pronunciations weren't taxing enough, things are complicated further by a number of ...

What keeps Vermonters from venturing to Québec more often? Whether they admit it or not, for most Anglophones, it’s the official language of: French, aka français — and not the kind you learned in ...

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 ...

Given that they can't decide whether a thing is masculine or femine when the word is French (le visage and la figure both meaning 'the face') there is no hope! Jackie Perdichizzi-Lee, Steinsel ...