French fact

noun

The presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural, linguistic, and political force within the Canadian Confederation.

Meanings

nounthe French fact (countable and uncountable, plural French facts)

plural French facts

  1. CanadacountableidiomaticuncountableThe presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural, linguistic, and political force within the Canadian Confederation.
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    By highlighting the many fascinating French facts - those fabulous cultural idiosyncrasies that make the province so unique, though not in any political sense of the term — and vigorously denouncing all ethnical slights, the stent in the vein of English-speaking Canada's genetic hard-heartedness has been, thanks to literary anastomosis, rendered ineffective.

    2006, Ray Solitaire, Canada, A Celebration from A to Z (Volume 1)
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APA

French fact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20fact

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“French fact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20fact. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “French fact,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20fact.

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