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A word or phrase borrowed from French
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gallicism
Word definitions for gallicism in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"French word or idiom," 1650s, from Gallic + -ism .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A loanword borrowed from French
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A Gallicism can be: a mode of speech peculiar to the French ; a French idiom ; in general, a French mode or custom . loanwords , words or phrases borrowed from French. In speaking or writing English , a Gallicism often results from a direct translation ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gallicism \Gal"li*cism\, n. [F. gallicisme.] A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
Usage examples of gallicism.
Gallicisms and technical terminology are no longer proclaimed to the peasants, while the artisan is no more entertained with grandiloquent descriptions of the last night of Socrates, or with Ciceronian laudations of the Schoolmen.