English words from French
- palletA bed of loose straw.
- dyslexiaA learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.
- modulusThe base with respect to which a congruence is computed.
- adopteeAn adopted son or daughter.
- galvanizeTo coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
- BelgicismThe political ideology which supports the political and economic union of Belgium; Belgian nationalism.
- bertillonageAn early form of biometric identification used on criminals, usually by the French police, making use of distinguishing anthropometric measurements, such as head size, arm span and scars.
- calqueA word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
- chassé-croiséA figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left.
- cordon sanitaireA barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease.
- en creuxIn intaglio; by sinking or hollowing out the design.
- FlamingantismThe ideology which supports Flemish autonomy or independence; Flemish nationalism.
- incommodeTo make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.
- inenarrableThat cannot be told; indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable.
- mal mariéeA young woman with a much older, jealous, and controlling husband, especially as a literary motif in medieval European romances.
- mi-partiVertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale.
- quoiromanticUnable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.
- rattachismAn ideology calling for the French-speaking part of Belgium or Wallonia to secede from the state of Belgium and become part of France.
- RenardismThe syndicalist and regionalist ideology of André Renard and his followers.
- RexismA fascist movement active in Belgium from 1935 to 1945; the ideology of the Rexist Party
- sarcelleAny of a number of teals (ducks)
- WallingantismThe ideology which supports Walloon autonomy or independence; Walloon nationalism.