عبارات فرنسية مستعملة في اللغة الانجليزية

Ahmad

السبت، 5 أبريل 2014

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À la carte          On the menu, with each dish priced.

À la mode         Fashionable; also, in the USA, with ice cream.

Agent provocateur     'Provocative agent' - a spy employed to induce or incite a suspected person or group to commit an incriminating act.

Aide-de-camp  An officer who assists a general in his military duties.

Aide-mémoire  An aid to memory.

Après-ski          Socializing after a skiing session. Also a name of a type of footwear worn after removing ski boots.

Art déco           'Decorative art' - a style of art originating in Paris in the early 20th century. An eclectic and glamourous artform, taking in aspects of

Cubism and geometric industrial design.

Art nouveau     'New art' - a style of art developed towards the end of the 19th century. It is characterized by ornamentation based on organic or foliate forms and by its asymmetric and curvaceous lines.

Au contraire     To the contrary. Often used with an arch or rather camp form of delivery.