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Gallicism

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Gal·li·cism  (gl-szm)
n.
1. A French phrase or idiom appearing in another language.
2. A characteristic French trait.
Gallicism [ˈgælɪˌsɪzəm]
n
(Linguistics) a word or idiom borrowed from French
Gallicism
1. a French linguistic peculiarity.
2. a French idiom or expression used in another language. Also called Frenchism.
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Noun1.Gallicism - a word or phrase borrowed from French
loanword, loan - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
Translations
gallicism [ˈgælɪsɪzəm] N → galicismo m
Gallicism
n → Gallizismus m


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"Another forfeit for a Gallicism," said a Russian writer who was present.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
All this was a brilliant monologue on the part of the duchess, who, like many of her country-women, was a person of an affirmative rather than an interrogative cast of mind, who made mots and put them herself into circulation, and who was apt to offer you a present of a convenient little opinion, neatly enveloped in the gilt paper of a happy Gallicism.
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