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

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

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

From Practical Exercises in English by Huber Gray Buehler

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

English he seemed to write as readily as French, although a strong Gallicism would every now and then slip from his pen, as it slipped from his tongue.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various

A considerable number of French came over in that manner, so that life in California was then, as now, considerably leavened by Gallicism.

From The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado by Stewart Edward White

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