apostrophe

→ English: apostrophe

→ Romanian: apostrof

desctree

→ Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)
→ Azerbaijani: apostrof

→ Persian: آپاستروف (âpâstruf)

→ Turkish: apostrof

From Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”).


PC

(journalism, in Canada) CP Initialism of Presse canadienne. (Canadian Press)


pied

Haitian Creole: pye

Inherited from Middle French pied, from Old French pié, from Latin pedem. The -d was added to the spelling in Middle French after the Latin form.
Cognate with Italian piede, Catalan peu, Spanish pie, Portuguese pé, and further with English foot, Lithuanian pėda, Persian پا (pâ) etc.


AFP

(journalism, in France) Initialism of Agence France-Presse.


manchette

→ English: manchette

→ Czech: manžeta

desctree

→ Dutch: manchet
Afrikaans: mansjet
→ Indonesian: manset

→ German: Manschette

→ Haitian Creole: manchèt

→ Hebrew: מנג׳ט

→ Hungarian: mandzsetta

→ Norwegian Bokmål: mansjett

→ Portuguese: manchete

→ Romanian: manșetă

→ Russian: манже́та (manžéta)
→ Uyghur: مانجىت (manjit)
→ Uzbek: manjeta

→ Swedish: manschett

→ Turkish: manşet


enjambement

/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.mɑ̃/

From enjamber (“to stride; to straddle”) + -ment.


cheville

Inherited from Old French cheville, from Vulgar Latin *cavicla, dissimilated and syncopated form of Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clavicule, a borrowing.


strophe

Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ).


gomme

→ Vietnamese: gôm

Borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).


rondeau

From Old French rondel, diminutive of ront.


colonne

→ Dutch: colonne

→ German: Kolonne

Inherited from Old French colonne, columne, from Latin columna. Doublet of colombe.


NDLR

(journalism) Alternative spelling of N.D.L.R., Initialism of note de la rédaction.


micro-trottoir

fr-noun

micro-trottoir m (plural micro-trottoirs)


accroche

(journalism) lead-in (attention-grabbing beginning to an article, advertisement etc.)


serpent de mer

serpent de mer m (plural serpents de mer)

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(journalism, humorous) a long-discussed subject with no concrete reality


serré

fr-adj

serré (feminine serrée, masculine plural serrés, feminine plural serrées)

serrée (feminine)
serrés (masculine plural)
serrées (feminine plural)


numéraire

Learned borrowing from Late Latin numerārius, from numerus (whence French nombre).


épopée

→ Greek: εποποιία (epopoiía) (learned)

→ Turkish: epope


outre-Manche

Literally, “across the Channel (from continental Europe)”.


envoi

→ English: envoi, envoy

From earlier envei, envoy; from the verb envoyer (“to send”).


scander

scander (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
scandant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
scandé (participle past)
scande (first-person indicative present singular)
scandes (indicative present second-person singular)
scande (indicative present singular third-person)
scandons (first-person indicative plural present)
scandez (indicative plural present second-person)
scandent (indicative plural present third-person)
scandais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scandais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scandait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scandions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scandiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scandaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scandai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scandas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scanda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scandâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scandâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scandèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scanderai (first-person future indicative singular)
scanderas (future indicative second-person singular)
scandera (future indicative singular third-person)
scanderons (first-person future indicative plural)
scanderez (future indicative plural second-person)
scanderont (future indicative plural third-person)
scanderais (conditional first-person singular)
scanderais (conditional second-person singular)
scanderait (conditional singular third-person)
scanderions (conditional first-person plural)
scanderiez (conditional plural second-person)
scanderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
scande (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scandes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scande (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scandions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scandiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scandent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scandasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scandasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scandât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scandassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scandassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scandassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scande (imperative second-person singular)
scandons (first-person imperative plural)
scandez (imperative plural second-person)


trouvère

fr-noun

trouvère m (plural trouvères, feminine trouveresse or trouvèresse)

trouvères (plural)
trouveresse (feminine)
trouvèresse (feminine)

Inherited from Middle French trouvere, from Old French trovere (nominative singular case of troveor, from trover (“to find”) + -eor (agent noun suffix)), or possibly corresponding to a Gallo-Vulgar Latin *tropātor, from the verb *tropō, tropāre, from Latin tropus. Cognate with Old Occitan, Occitan, and Catalan trobador (the form trouvère is directly cognate with the Occitan form trobaire, itself from the nominative singular case of the corresponding Old Occitan form), from the verb trobar (“to find”).

cog

Ainsi, la poésie lyrique des troubadours et des trouvères, et surtout la portion de cette poésie qui roule sur les sentimens de galanterie chevaleresque, n'a pas une source latine; cette poésie est née avec la galanterie chevaleresque elle-même, […].

1839, Jean-Jacques Ampère, La Littérature française au moyen-âge, volume 19, Revue des Deux Mondes:

Thus, the lyric poetry of the troubadours and trouvères, and especially that part of this poetry which revolves around the sentiments of chivalric gallantry, does not have a Latin source; this poetry was born with chivalric gallantry itself, […] .

(poetry) a trouvère, medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d'oïl (precursor lects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d'oc (Occitan)


palmipède

From Latin palmipedem (“broad-footed”), from palma (“the palm of the hand”) + pes (“a foot”). Compare English palmipede, English palmiped.

(journalism, by extension) referring to the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné


lyrique

fr-noun

lyrique m or f by sense (plural lyriques)


césure

césure trihémimère, césure penthémimère

(poetry) caesura (a pause or interruption)


bouclage

Le bouclage du journal se fait vers les trois heures du matin.: The paper's soft cut-off starts at three o'clock in the morning.

(journalism) the soft cut-off of a newspaper's edition grace period (ie. the time before stories / advertisements can no longer be accepted); the closing time


églogue

From Latin ecloga, from Ancient Greek ἐκλογή (eklogḗ, “selection”).


enjamber

enjamber (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enjambant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enjambé (participle past)
enjambe (first-person indicative present singular)
enjambes (indicative present second-person singular)
enjambe (indicative present singular third-person)
enjambons (first-person indicative plural present)
enjambez (indicative plural present second-person)
enjambent (indicative plural present third-person)
enjambais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enjambais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enjambait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enjambions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enjambiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enjambaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enjambai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enjambas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enjamba (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enjambâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enjambâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enjambèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enjamberai (first-person future indicative singular)
enjamberas (future indicative second-person singular)
enjambera (future indicative singular third-person)
enjamberons (first-person future indicative plural)
enjamberez (future indicative plural second-person)
enjamberont (future indicative plural third-person)
enjamberais (conditional first-person singular)
enjamberais (conditional second-person singular)
enjamberait (conditional singular third-person)
enjamberions (conditional first-person plural)
enjamberiez (conditional plural second-person)
enjamberaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enjambe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enjambes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enjambe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enjambions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enjambiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enjambent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enjambasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enjambasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enjambât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enjambassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enjambassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enjambassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enjambe (imperative second-person singular)
enjambons (first-person imperative plural)
enjambez (imperative plural second-person)


alexandrin

(poetry) alexandrine (line of poetic meter having twelve syllables)


allosexuel

fr-adj

allosexuel (feminine allosexuelle, masculine plural allosexuels, feminine plural allosexuelles)

allosexuelle (feminine)
allosexuels (masculine plural)
allosexuelles (feminine plural)

(poetry) rhymed using words with different grammatical genders


dactylique

Romanian: dactilic

Borrowed from Latin dactylicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δακτυλικός (daktulikós). By surface analysis, dactyle + -ique.

Un hexamètre dactylique.


asynartète

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσυνάρτητος (asunártētos).


gros titre

(journalism) headline (on the front page)


ndlr

(journalism) Alternative spelling of N.D.L.R.


N.D.L.R.

ndlr (alternative)
NDLR (alternative)
N. D. L. R. (alternative)

(journalism) Initialism of note de la rédaction. (—Ed., —Editor; editor's note;)


N.d.T.

ndtr (alternative)
NDT (alternative)
N.D.T. (alternative)

(journalism) Initialism of note du traducteur. (—Translator; translator's note;)


Empire du Milieu

l’Empire du Milieu (canonical masculine)
empire du milieu (alternative)
empire du Milieu (alternative standard)

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(dated or journalism) the Middle Kingdom (China)


Midol

(France, journalism, sports, informal) the newspaper Midi Olympique


Grande Bleue

mer Méditerranée
mer Méditerranée#French

(journalism) Synonym of mer Méditerranée (“Mediterranean Sea”)


Grande Ile

Grande Île (alternative)
Grande-Île (alternative)
Grande-Ile (alternative)

(journalism) Alternative form of Grande Île


Grande Île

Grande Ile (alternative)
Grande-Île (alternative)
Grande-Ile (alternative)


drame de la solitude

fr-noun

drame de la solitude m (plural drames de la solitude)

(journalism) Late discovery of the body of an elderly person who died alone at home


outre-Rhin

Literally, “across the Rhine (from France and Switzerland)”.

lit

(journalism, France, Switzerland) in Germany


outre-Quiévrain

Literally, “on the other side of Quiévrain”.
Historically, the Quiévrain station was the border crossing on the Paris-Brussels railway, from 1846 until 1988.

(uncommon, journalism, France) in Belgium


outre-Atlantique

Literally, “across the Atlantic (from Europe)”.

(journalism, France) in the United States


chanson de geste

fr-noun

chanson de geste f (plural chansons de geste)

→ English: chanson de geste

→ Italian: canzone di gesta (calque)

→ Portuguese: canção de gesta (calque)

→ Spanish: cantar de gesta (calque)

chanson de geste
chanson de geste#English


pays du Matin-Calme

le pays du Matin-Calme (canonical masculine)

(journalism, periphrasis) Synonym of Corée or Corée du Sud (“Korea/South Korea”)


outre-Pyrénées

Literally, “across the Pyrenees (from France)”.


voenkor

fr-noun

voenkor m (plural voenkor or voenkors or voenkory)

voenkor (plural)
voenkors (plural)
voenkory (plural)

Borrowed from Russian военкор (vojenkor).

bor+

Les voenkory se sont « naturellement » imposés sur Telegram, où ils diffusent une propagande patriotique bien plus efficace que celle, laborieuse, mise en œuvre par l’État lui-même. Sous l’apparence d’une information « brute », venue directement depuis le terrain, souvent « indépendante », propre aux comptes personnels sur les réseaux sociaux, comme il en existe en France, les voenkory sont devenus une source d’information fondamentale à propos de ce qui se passe sur le front – tout en ne se départissant jamais d’un ultra-patriotisme conforme aux orientations générales du Kremlin.

2023 September 12, Carole Grimaud, “Les correspondants de guerre russes et la propagande du Kremlin”, in The Conversation:

À ses côtés, on retrouve également quatre voenkor, des correspondants militaires embarqués avec l’armée russe, devenus incontournables sur la Toile : Evgueni Poddoubnyï (893 000 abonnés sur Telegram), Aleksandr Sladkov (988 000) et le fondateur de la célébrissime chaîne WarGonzo (1,3 million), Semion Pegov.

2022 December 22, “La curieuse alliance de Poutine avec les reporters de guerre russes en Ukraine”, in Courrier International:

(military, journalism) a Russian war correspondent, a Russian military reporter