List of Gallicisms
This is a list of Gallicisms ; H. of words of French origin that are used in the German language. When using and learning similar or apparently similar words in German and French, pseudo-gallicisms and false friends must be observed.
Some of the French words come from other languages, for example balcon from Italian balcone , kiosque from Turkish / Persian, mannequin from Dutch / Low German, sporadique from Greek.
A.
à jour - à la , especially in kitchen language: à la carte , à la maison , à la Saison, etc. - à la longue - à la minute - à tout prix - subscription , subscribe - absence - accessory - adieu - address - adjutant - affair - Affront - Agent provocateur - Agraffe - Accord - Accredit - Acquisition , Acquisition - Acrobatics - Actor - Allee - Alliance - Allure - Amateur - Ambition , ambitious, ambitious - Amours - Amusement , amuse - Amuse-Bouche , Amuse-Gueule - Ancien Régime - animator , animate - advertisement - apanage - apart - aperitif - apartment - roll call - fetch - finish - après-ski - apricot (color) - apropos - arabesque - armagnac - argot - army - arrangement , arrange - arrogant - arrondissement - artillery - Artist - association - studio - atout - attaché - attack , attack - attitude - dummy - aubergine - au pair - autofrettage - advances - advance - avantage - avantgarde - avec - aventurine - avers - avis - aversion
B.
Baggage - Bagatelle - Baguette - bain-marie - meringue - bear market (stock exchange) - bayonet - Balance / balance - Balcony - ballad - balloon - gang - bandage / bandage - banquet - banker - barracks - Barre (Guitare) - barrier - Barricade / barricade - Bassin - Baste - battalion - Batist - battery (military) - battery (technology) - Beau - béchamel / sauce beige - Belami - Belesprit - Beletage - Belle Epoque (history) - Fiction - Bellevue - summon - Bergere - Bergerette - Fob - Beast - concrete - BH (busts-holder) - bidet - a bigot - Bijou / Costume - Billard - ticket - biscuit - Bistro - bivouac - bizarre - embarrassment / (to) make a fool - blanch - Blessur - blouson (clothes) - blümerant - blouse - Bohème - camber - bombardment - crowning - Bon - candy - candy dish - Bonhomme - quip - bon vivant - burgundy (color) - Bordero (bordereau) - border - bosses - Boucle / Buklee - Boudoir - Bougie - Bouillabaisse (court) - Bouillon - Boule (game) - Boulevard - Bouquet / Bouquet (wine) - the bourgeoisie - Boutique - industry - with flying colors - brilliantly - Bredouille - briquette - brilliant - brilliant - fuss - Brioche - explosive - Brocheur - Brochure - Brouillon - snub - Budget - Buffet - B (o) ulette - Bulletin - burette - burlesque - burlesque - office - bust - bust holder - bustier
C.
Cabochon - Cabriolet / Convertible - Café - Caisson - Camembert - Camouflage - Canapé (sofa) - Can-Can - Caprice - Chaise - chaise lounge - Chalet - Cham Briere - Chambre Séparée - Chamois - champagne - mushroom - Championship - chance - oscillate - Chanson - Chansonnier - Chantage - Chanteuse - Chapeau! - Chapeau claque - Character ( Character # France ) - Charge - Charité - Charme - Charmelaine - Charmeur - Charmeuse - Chartreuse - Château - Chaton (version) - Chat - Chauffeur / chauffeur - Chaussee - Chauvinist - Chef - Chemisette - Chevrolet (car brand ) - Chic - chicory - chiffon - cipher - Chiffreur - encrypt - Chose - Cineast - Claqueur - Clementine - clique - Citroen (car brand) - tramp - Cloche - highlight - cognac - pub / hairdresser - collage - Collier - concierge - Confiserie - confectioner - Contenance - Conférencier - Cordon - Cordon bleu - Cordon sanitaire - Cornichon - Corps de ballet - Corvette - Couleur - Coup - Coup d'État - Coupé - Coupon - Courage - Courtage - Cousin - Couture ( Haute Couture ) - Couturier - Crapaudine - Care cream - Creme (color) - Crème brûlée - Crème de la crème - Crème double - Crème fraîche - Crème légère - Creole - Crêpe - Crêpe Suzette - Croisé - Croissant - Croupier (gambling) - Croûton - Culotte - Cuvée ( Wine)
D.
d'accord - Dame - debacle - debate - debate - debut - debutant - debut - decipher - décollement (medicine) - Defensive - parade / ravel - deficit - deficit - deja vu - outclass - Deco - décolleté - decorator - decoration - decorative - decorate - delegation - delegate - delicate - delicacy - delicious - delogate - de luxe - denial - deny - demolish - dismantling - dentist - department - dependance - dispatch - depot - deport - depression / depressive - derangle - Dernier Cri - disaster - disastrous - disavow - disavowal - deserter - desertion - disillusioned - Dessert - lingerie - detail - detail - digestif - dilettante - amateurish - Diner - dine - disco - discreetly - debatable - dispute - distance - distance - distancing - dividend - Division (military) - Divisional - Divisionist - Domain - Dorade (fish) - Dossier - Dossier - Dossier - Double (doppelganger) - Doublé / doubling (metal processing) - Dragée / sugarcoating - Drainage - dressieren - dressage - drug - price - Drogist - doublet - Duchesse (fabric) - duping - dozen
E.
Eau de Cologne - Eau de Javel - Eau de Parfum - Eau de Toilette - Eau de vie - riled - Eclair - Swerve (twist) - ecru - equalize - Egoutteur - quartered - scandal - blatantly - Elan - verve - elegant - apprentice - elitist - Elite - Enamel - embetieren - eminent - Emotion - Empire - Emblem - en bloc - en detail (trade) - energy (?) - energisch - en garde - en gros (trade) - enfant terrible - engagement (theater) / engagement ( get involved) - get involved - en masse ("on mass") - ennui - ennuyieren - enormous - en passant - ensemble - entente cordiale - entourage - en-tout-cas - entrecôte - entrée - entrechat - entrelac - entremetier - entrepreneur - en vogue - entrieren - vogue - epaulette - Episode - test tube - Ermitage - erotic - squadron - escapade - escort - essential - establish - establishment - floor - etagere - stage - budget - etiquette (society) - label (tag) - case - excellent - Exercice - Expert - Expertise - Exporter - Exposé - Exterior - e Extraordinary - extravagant - extravagance - excellence
F.
Factory - facet - Façon - fade - weakness - fait accompli - famously - fanatically - farce - pheasant - facade - fatigant - Fatige / fatigue (medicine) - fatigieren - armchair (furniture) - gaffe - favor - favorite - femme fatale - Festival - Fête - fetish - fetishist - feuillage - feuilleton - feuilletonise - feuilletonistic - figure - fillet - filou - fin de siècle (story) - finesse - finissage - frippery - fisimatenten - flair - flacon - flambé - flannel - flaneur - stroll - flatteur - flatter - Flic - Flick Flack (rollover) - foil - foie gras (kitchen) - Folie à deux / Folie à trois (Psychiatry) - Fond - fondant - fondue - Fontange (hairstyle) - Force (strength, force, coercion) - push - Fourage - Fourier transform (mathematics) - Fourré - fountain - formidable - Foyer - the tails - strikingly - frappe - striking - Franchising - frank (and free) - frenetically - meatball - fricassee - frisée - hairdresser - frits - fryer - frying - front - Terrycloth é - frotteurism - brilliantly - veneer - veneer - Fusilier - execute by firing squad
G
Gage - Gala - Galan - gallant - galoshes - garage - Garant - Guard - Garde Manger - wardrobe - curtain - garnish - garnish (Essen) - clothing (military) - Garrison - gelatin - Jelly - Royal jelly - gendarme ( gens d'armes ) - General - generals - gendarmerie - Genie - embarrassed / genant - Genre - gentil - Gigolo - garland / garland - glace / glaze (ice) - Glacis (military) - tapestry - dildo - Godron - Gourmand - Gourmet - governess - government - Governor - gradual - graduate - grand cru - grand tourisme race - grande dame - grandees (title) - grandeur - grand prix - grandseigneur - gratin (casserole) - graceful - grenadier - grenadine - large ( in large ) - grotesque - grotesque - Guerilla - guerillero - guilloche - guillotine - guillotine
H
Hangar - gambler - Hash - bull market (stock exchange) - Haute Couture - Haute Cuisine - glitterati - haut gout - tribute - Honett - honors - hors d'oeuvres - Hotel - Hotelier - Husse
I.
Idea - illusion - Illustration - illustrious - illustrate - Illustrated - imaginary - impress - impressive - impregnation - Impression - indignantly - infection - engineering - Initiative - unofficially - bankruptcy - Interior - Intervention - invalid / s - Invalid he / in invasion - irisieren
J
Jabot - Jacket - Jalousette - Jalousie - Jargon - Jeton - Jeunesse dorée - Juggler / Jugglieren - Journaille - Journal - Journalist - Jour fixe - Jupe - Jupon - Jury
K
Kabale - Cabaret - comedian / in - cable - cabin - Cabinet - Executive - Coffee - Kai - Caliber - calculus - cap - camlet (Laundry) - Campaign - cur - sofa (Essen) - Kanari - candidacy - carafe - Carom - Caravel - karosse - square - career - box - cardboard - carousel - casemate - conceal - barracks - cascade - Kaskadeur - cartridge - rubber - Cavalier - cavalry - Kinkerlitzchen - cinema - kiosk - classification - classifying - piano - plate - coalesce - coalition - Kokett ( erie) - cocoon - cocotte - Hummingbird - collaborator - colonnade - column - dime - Committee - commander - commander - commode - communiqué - partner - company - completely - accomplice - Countess - Kondukteur - jam - engineer - inspector - contour - convert - convoy - Cornet - Corps - capers beat - corset - corset - Costume - luminary - chop (meat) - sideburns (Bart) - crackle - tie - creation / create (fashion / art, etc.) - Creoles (speech bubble hvermischungen) - creoles - crepe (fabric) - cretin - criminal - criticism - krokant - setting - crop / docked - Coupon - Kürassier - courier - odd - courtesan - kuscheln - cousin - envelope - couverture
L.
Carriage - laissez-faire - Lackey - servile - Lamé - fin - Lantern - launching - launched (for substances) - art for art's sake - Laplace transform (mathematics) - Lavoir - casual - Lieutenant - Liaison - liieren - liqueur - lime - soda / soda - lime - Limousine - Linette - Lingerie - Leno - pilaster - livery - lodge - lodge - lunge / longe - lorgnon ( eyeglass ) - loyal - loyal - bezel - Lupe
M.
Madame - Mademoiselle - Maitre - Major - majority - makaber - Malad (e) - malaise - Malesche - mishap - maliziös - malträtieren - ring (Circus) - Mamsell - manganese - Marschall - Mannequin - mandarin - manner - maneuver - maneuver - cuff - Margarine - margin - marinade - marine - marionette - striking - awning - chestnut - ailing - marauder - fad - marquise - march - march - masquerade - mascot - massage - massacre - masseur - massage - matinee - mistress - mauve - mayonnaise - medal - Melange - molasses - ash - memoirs - Menage - Ménage à trois - Menagerie - (ooh / oh) menno - menu - minuet - merci - Meringue / Meringue - metier - face - migraine - environment - Military - billion - Mineur - Minister - minority - mirabelle plum - miserable - misery - mitrailleuse - mobile - furniture - modern - fashion - modeller - moiré - mocking - molton - monetary - monocle - monsieur / messieurs (pl.form) - monstrous - assembly - assembling - morality - morbid / e - mosaic - motivation - mo tivieren - chocolate mousse - ammunition - Musette - musket - Musketeer
N
Natural - Necessaire - negligee - nervous - nicotine - trinkets - niche - level - sophisticated - noblesse (noblesse oblige) - nocturne (music) - noisette - nonchalant - nougat - nuance - nuanced
O
Oboe - Odeur - oeuvre - offensive - offer - offer - official - officer - opportunism / opportunistic - ombré - omelette - omnibus - undulating - uncle - orange - orange peel - orangery - orchids - ordinary - order - original - orgy - originality - ouvert - overture
P
Page - Sequin - package - Paladin - Palais - Palaver - range - overcoat (clothes) - Grapefruit - bread - Palisade - Panne - slippers - Papa - Stationery - Parade / parade - Paraplü - Parasol - Screen - avion par - parbleu - course - par distance - pardon (excuse me) - par excellence - par exemple - par exprès - parfait - par force - parforceritt - perfume ( parfum ) - parquet (floor) - parquet (theater) - parliament - parling - parody / parody - par ordre - par ordre du mufti - par pistolet - par préférence - par renown - party - parterre - parterre - partie - partisan - participation - partout - parvenu - piping - passage - passenger - passé / passee - passepartout - pass - passion - passionate - pasteurize - Pastiche - pâtisserie - pâtissier - patrone - patriotism - patrol - pavilion - pacifist - pacifist - pedantic - pelerine - peloton - pendant - pensioner - boarding school - perdu - perfidious - peridot - perron - wig - pervert - Pe titesse - little by little - Peugeot (car brand) - Phase - phrase - spicy - Pilot - Pinasse - tweezers - Pioneer - pipette - Piqué - Pirouette - urinal - picturesque - plea - ceiling - plaque - Plantation - plaque - Plateau - platitude - mob - plagiarism - platitude - place - Pli - Pleated - seal - dishwater - Plumeau - plush - poelieren - poetry - Pointe - Pointillism - polemics - Police - Polonaise / Polonaise - pomade - French fries - Pompon - pompous - pontoon - poplin (substance) - popular - pornography - leeks - Portage - portfolio - wallet - Portemanteau - Portepee - Concierge - port - portraitist - porting - Portrait / Portrait - portray - pose - pose - Postillon - Postillon d'Amour - Potage - pot-au-feu - Potpourri - poussieren - Praline - pralines - prairie - present - present - president - condom (contraceptive) - pretentious - precision (précision) - precarious - precariousness - press (media) - press - prelude - premiere - prestige - prêt-à-port er - precious - prize - privilege - profession - professional - profile - profile - profiteer - projectile - promenade - promenade - protégé - protégé - public - powder - puree
Q
Quadrille - infighting - Queue - Quarantine - Quartier / quartered - roosts - Quiche - Quivive
R.
Discount - Raclette - Rage - ragout - Ragout fin - Raison d'être - squeegee - rank - rank - Rapport - expediency / Raison - expediency abel - grumble - Ratatouille - reactionary - realize - rebel - rebel - Rebellion - chafing dish - research - Advertisement - editor - editorial - redaktionär - reference - director - director - regime - Regulations - regulate - recap - advertising - recruit - recruit - recruiting - relay - relief - draw - carriage house - remoulade - Renaissance - Rendezvous - Greengage - Renette - reputation - swank - repertoire - reportage - Reprise - prop - reserve - reservoir - Resistance - result - Summary - resentment - department - resource - Summary - returns - retouching / retouch - succeed - revenge - Revenue - lapel - revision - revolt - revolution - revolutionary - Revue - Rez-de-Chaussée - Rien ne va plus - French drain - risky - Rissole - rival - robe (garment) - Roman - Romance - Rummy - Ronde - Rondeau - Rondel - Rondell - Roquefor t - rosé (wine) - rosé (color) - raisin - rosette (botany / ornamentation) - rotisserie - roué - rouge - roulade - rouleau ( rollo ) - roulette - roulieren - route - routine - routine - royal - ruin - ruffle
S.
Sacrebleu - sabotage / sabotage - sadism - season - salary - salary - salon - casual - salute - sanction - sans cérémonie (outdated) - sansculottes (proletarians) - sans façon (outdated) - sans gêne (outdated) - sans phrase (outdated) - sapper - Satin - sauce - sauce béarnaise - bordelaise sauce - sauce hollandaise - sauce mousseline - Saucier - saute - Savant - savoir-vivre - Savonnette - shallot - sloop - charade - shock - shock - schokieren - Schwadroneur / rant - Séance - secretary - Sensation - sensitive - sensual - service ( crockery set / serving cutlery) - serve - napkin - hinge - shadow morelle - chic - bully - secretary - sentimental - séparée - signal - siphon - silhouette - scandal - soiree - solidarity - solidarity - soloist - solitaire - Solitaire (card game) - Solitude - sommelier - Sherbet - souffle - prompter - Souper - Sous Chef - cassock / Soutanelle - basement - souvenir - confidently - sovereignty - specialist - Specialty - special - sporadic - staffage - standard - statuette - smug - suggestion (seance) - suite - subject (art) - superb - support - surtout - scene - scenery
T
Tableau - tray - tablet - waist - talon - tambour - tambourine - tampon - aunt - dance - wallpaper - tarot - cup - tapestry - taupe - taxi - complexion - terrain - terrace - terrine - terror - terrorize - terrorist - tête-à- tête - textile - thermometer - timbre - rant - titre - titrate - toilet - tonnage - bustier - touché - touchieren - toupee - toupieren - Tour - Tourbillon - tours - Tournant - tour - tour kidney - Traité - trance - tranche - carve - trapezoid ( circus) - Safe - stands - tricolor - jersey - tricot - sad - sadness - pavement - Troubadour - trooper - tulle - turbine - turquoise - tourmaline - ink - tuschen - Tutu (Tütü)
U
V
vague - vagabond / vagabond - variant / vary / variation - variation (music) - variety (linguistics) - variety (theater) - vase - vaseline - velo / velocipede - velor - versed - version - vernissage - verve - vestibule - vignette (Autobahn ) - vinaigrette - violet - virtuality - virtually - Visage - make-up artist - visor - Visite - vis-à-vis - vitalize - voila - Voile - Volant - aviary - voltigeurs - vaulting - voyeur - vulgar
W.
Z
Cigarette - circular / circular - civilization
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Balkon
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Barre_Musik_Griff
- ↑ DWDS - search results for Bravour
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Bueste
- ↑ Chapeau! at duden.de
- ↑ Cloche at duden.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Creole
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/defilieren
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/demolieren
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/deportieren
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Depression
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/dinieren
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Diskothek#Bedeutung1
- ↑ discussable at duden.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Droge
- ↑ Latin-French
- ↑ Elan at dwds.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/en%20bloc
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/en%20detail
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/en%20gros
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/en%20asse
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/exzellent
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Fetisch
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Fontange
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Force
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Gage
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Garde
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Gigolo
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/suchen/dudenonline/granden
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Gratin
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Gros_Mehrheit
- ↑ a b "Partial Gallicism"
- ↑ Idea at duden.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/imaginaer
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/imposant
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Jackett
- ^ Cassette at duden.de
- ↑ Ranking at dwds.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Kritik
- ↑ Linette at duden.de; Latin-French
- ↑ Linon at duden.de; Latin-French
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Loyalitaet
- ↑ bezel at duden.de; Latin-French
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/mobil
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Moebel
- ↑ Modern at dwds.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/monstroes
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Naturell
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/originell
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Page
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Paletot
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Palisade
- ↑ Papa on duden.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Parade_Aufmarsch_Abwehr_parieren
- ↑ Parquet at duden.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Parodie#b2-Bedeutung-1
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/passe_Schreibung_mit_Akut
- ↑ happen at duden.de
- ↑ pedantic at duden.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/pervers
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Pionier
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Plagiat
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Poesie
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Pornografie
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Praezision
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/pressieren
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Prelude
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Premiere
- ↑ Rigole at duden.de; Origin Dutch-French
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Robe
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Rouleau
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Ruesche
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Saison
- ↑ sans cérémonie . Bibliographical Institute GmbH. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ↑ sans façon . Bibliographical Institute GmbH. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Schock_Erschuetterung_Kollaps
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Schwadroneur
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Scharnier
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Spezialist
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/speziell_besonders_individuell_markant
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Suggestion#b2-Bedeutung-1a
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Sujet
- ↑ Tray on duden.de
- ↑ tablet on duden.de
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Utopie
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Variante
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Virtualitaet
- ↑ http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Weste
