Gallicism

American  

[gal-uh-siz-uhm] / ˈgæl əˌsɪz əm /

Or gallicism

noun

1. a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.

2. a feature that is characteristic of or peculiar to the French language.

3. a custom or trait considered to be characteristically French.

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Gallicism British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

1. a word or idiom borrowed from French

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Etymology

Origin of Gallicism

First recorded in 1650–60; from French gallicisme; see Gallic, -ism

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Example Sentences

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Gallicism

A phrase introduced from France is called a Gallicism; from England, an Anglicism.

From Practical Exercises in English by Huber Gray Buehler

Certainly not; for that feeling would naturally diminish in succeeding generations, whereas the Gallicism of our people is on the increase,—in fact its origin is of comparatively recent date.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various

If, however, there were Anglicism on one side, so there was quite as much Gallicism, if not a good deal more, on the other.

From James Madison by Sydney Howard Gay

But this association proved so helpless that it could not even hinder the invasion of Gallicism in the eighteenth century.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt

Fox's Gallicism, too, was a treasury of weapons to Pitt.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

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