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Modern French

American  

noun

  1. the French language since c1600.


Etymology

Origin of Modern French

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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Modern French gastronomic offerings include sea trout, foie gras, lamb and Pointy Snout osetra caviar.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

The upcoming exhibition, “A Taste for Impressionism: Modern French Art From Millet to Matisse,” opens July 30 and runs through Nov. 13.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2022

Still life, landscape, figure — at the auction, a range of subject matter in the influential formation of Modern French painting will surely move from public to private ownership.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022

Modern French artist Patrick Tresset’s ironic spin on this relationship features in the first section of the show.

From Nature • Apr. 26, 2018

Thanksgiving 27   The Use of Music and Dancing under the Jewish Theocracy, compared with their Use by the Modern French.

From Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work by Ruskin, John