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Answer for the clue "Franglais relative ", 9 letters:
spanglish

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Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks , and stars Adam Sandler , Paz Vega , and Téa Leoni . It was released in the United States on December 17, 2004 by Columbia Pictures and by Gracie Films , and ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"Spanish deformed by English words and idioms," by 1967, probably a nativization of Spanish Espanglish (1954); ultimately from Spanish (n.) + English .

Usage examples of spanglish.

Jennifer wondered how a Foitani translator system that was geared to handling Spanglish would deal with suddenly getting its own tongue back.

As soon as they were at the bottom, Aissur Aissur Rus spoke to them in Spanglish once more.

The flat Spanglish from the translator was loud and abrupt enough to make sure they did just that.

And scrawled on the canvases are phrases in spanglish and Pidgin French, slogans that when you decipher them are like bizarre ads.

A few more quick orders in the local patois -- a corrupt version of Spanglish -- and the doctor found himself disarmed.

Robinson, among others, was untranslatable into Spanglish because of them.

Solut Mek Kem answered at once, his own voice as flat as the Spanglish words that came from the translator.

A lot of Spanglish vocabulary can be traced back to roots in Middle English.

By the way that came out in the Spanglish, and by the way he let his teeth show, Jennifer guessed he was half hoping for a battle.

Juanita said, pointing at her, every word gaining momentum, getting broken up into a more Spanglish coated harmony, rolling Rs faster without a breath.

We learned Spanglish on the streets, ran with the same gang, and shared Marlboros, six-packs, and the occasional joint.

Galacta is rooted in Spanglish, the auxiliary language that was beginning to be used for trade and engineering purposes up and down the two Americas in the twentieth century, a devised language formed by taking the intersection of English and Spanish and manipulating that vocabulary by Hispanic grammar - somewhat simplified for the benefit of Anglophonic users of this lingua franca.

No doubt they'd linked their translator programs with the printer, but humans whose first language wasn't Spanglish did that, too.

Not only was Latin still used liturgically, it was an important ancestral tongue to Spanglish.