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

Example Sentences

It is a Gallicism from the      French "defendre."

From Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 24: September/October 1663 by Bright, Mynors

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 Burckhardt, Jacob

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

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

Accordingly each group of circumstances which is adjudicated upon receives, to employ a Gallicism, a sort of consecration.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

His style is more deeply tainted with Gallicism than that of any other English writer with whom we are acquainted.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron