French Dictionary
French is considered the language of love. That may be why people have an interest in a French dictionary. It could also be simply to learn a little bit about French words.
Many language students have a French dictionary. Such a dictionary would have English words translated into French and French words translated into English. People find it useful.
As time went by more French dictionaries were on the web. This included translation services such as AltaVista and more recently Google. These can be used to translate sentences or entire blocks of text. That’s useful when speaking with people from other countries.
Let’s look up a few words in a French dictionary. In English bread crisped over a heat source is called toast. There are a variety of types of toast. Of course French toast must be mentioned. It’s pain perdu in French. It’s egg covered bread fried in a pac. People it it with fruit.
The toast in a French dictionary is given to honor something. For example a guest may toast a host. The French phrase is en l’honneur de.
A French dictionary will contain the word bread. Pain is the literal French translation. It’s really loaf as in a loaf of soap. French people often enjoy panade – bread soup.
The word for restaurant found in a French dictionary is cafe. The word is used in English too. A restaurant owner is a restauranteur. It’s a masculine noun.
Pomme is in the French dictionary as the word for potato. Pommes frites are what we call French fries in America. The children’s television host Fred Rogers once bought some pommes frites from Chef Brocket. The phrase pommes de la soupe would be potato soup. Some who wanted cheese on a potato would ask for pommes du fromage.
Now you know why people love the French dictionary.
