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*'''The French language is spoken in''': <code>France</code> | *'''The French language is spoken in''': <code>France</code> | ||
==French Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/ Trésor de la langue française]: the most important dictionary of the French language, meaning & etymology | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/ Le Robert]: French dictionary, meanings, synonyms [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]] | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://petitrobert.lerobert.com/demo/AidePR/Pages/Suffixes1.HTML Petit dictionnaire] <span class="x">des suffixes du français</span>, by Danièle Morvan | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/AidePR/Pages/pdf/gentiles.pdf Liste des noms communs et des adjectifs] <span class="x">correspondant aux noms propres de personnes et de lieux</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/AidePR/Pages/pdf/conjugaisons.pdf Les conjugaisons] (conjugation) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-monolingue/ Larousse]: French dictionary, meanings, quotations | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/ Encyclopédie Larousse]: French encyclopaedia | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://usito.usherbrooke.ca/ Usito]: francophone dictionary, ''Université de Sherbrooke'' (Québec) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.ikonet.com/fr/ledictionnairevisuel/ Dictionnaire visuel]: visual dictionary, by topics | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/ Dictionnaire de l'Académie française]: French dictionary (1935 & older editions) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/ Reverso]: French-English dictionary & words in context & French dictionary (meanings, synonyms) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french Collins]: French-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.wordreference.com/ WordReference]: French-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.linguee.com/english-french/ Linguee]: French-English translation of a phrase | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ Le Grand dictionnaire terminologique]: French-English terminological dictionary & meaning in French (Québec) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://iate.europa.eu/home Iate]: multilingual terminological dictionary <span class="np">(European Union)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://crisco2.unicaen.fr/des/ Crisco]: synonyms dictionary & antonyms | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.atlas-semantiques.eu/ Atlas sémantiques]: French & English synonyms | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/laroussedictionnairedessynonymes1977?view=theater Dictionnaire des synonymes]: synonyms dictionary, ''Larousse'' (1977) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/laroussedictionnaireanalogique1980?view=theater Dictionnaire analogique]: analogical dictionary, ''Larousse'' (1980) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.expressio.fr/ Expressio]: meaning of the French expressions | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.loecsen.com/en/learn-french Loecsen]: French-English common phrases <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENFR/ENFR002.HTM Goethe-Verlag]: French-English common phrases & illustrated [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/_VOCAB/EN/ENFR/ENFR.HTM vocabulary] <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ Learn French]: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk/ useful] & [http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/cool/ familiar] expressions <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> <span class="np">(BBC)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://shtooka.net/overview.php?lang=fra Shtooka]: French words, with translation <span class="k">(audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://tatoeba.org/en/audio/index/fra Tatoeba]: sentences in French, with translation <span class="k">(audio)</span> | |||
*Sources: https://www.lexilogos.com/english/french_dictionary.htm | |||
==Free French Lessons== | ==Free French Lessons== | ||
Revision as of 10:18, 7 September 2021
Hi Polyglots! 😃
Welcome to the French learning page!
You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.
Enjoy your learning journey with Polyglot Club! 😊
Facts about French
French descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages.
French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul.
Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically.
French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul.
Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole.
A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone.
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
fra
- Autonyms (how to write "French" in French):
Français
- Other names for "French":
Francès, Français, Frans, Französisch, Francese, Francés, Barang, Frantsay
- The French language is spoken in:
France
French Dictionaries
• Trésor de la langue française: the most important dictionary of the French language, meaning & etymology
• Le Robert: French dictionary, meanings, synonyms [[new.htm|[[File:../images/newlink.gif|class=img-0|what's new?]]]]
• Petit dictionnaire des suffixes du français, by Danièle Morvan
• Liste des noms communs et des adjectifs correspondant aux noms propres de personnes et de lieux
• Les conjugaisons (conjugation)
• Larousse: French dictionary, meanings, quotations
• Encyclopédie Larousse: French encyclopaedia
• Usito: francophone dictionary, Université de Sherbrooke (Québec)
• Dictionnaire visuel: visual dictionary, by topics
• Dictionnaire de l'Académie française: French dictionary (1935 & older editions)
• Reverso: French-English dictionary & words in context & French dictionary (meanings, synonyms)
• Collins: French-English dictionary
• WordReference: French-English dictionary
• Linguee: French-English translation of a phrase
• Le Grand dictionnaire terminologique: French-English terminological dictionary & meaning in French (Québec)
• Iate: multilingual terminological dictionary (European Union)
• Crisco: synonyms dictionary & antonyms
• Atlas sémantiques: French & English synonyms
• Dictionnaire des synonymes: synonyms dictionary, Larousse (1977)
• Dictionnaire analogique: analogical dictionary, Larousse (1980)
• Expressio: meaning of the French expressions
• Loecsen: French-English common phrases (+ audio)
• Goethe-Verlag: French-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Learn French: useful & familiar expressions (+ audio) (BBC)
• Shtooka: French words, with translation (audio)
• Tatoeba: sentences in French, with translation (audio)