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1	The tropes on this wiki that are named in GratuitousFrench... or close enough.\
2	Some may be bad French or mixed with English, and rarely bothered with the correct diacritics (accents) until the custom title system.
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4	'''Important note:''' anytime you see " l' ", "le", "la" or "les", consider them as articles akin to "the", and '''DON'T''' list them under "L" in indexes.
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7	See also:
8	+ UsefulNotes/{{France}}
9	+ UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage]
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11	[[index]]
12	* AgentProvocateur = troublemaker agent
13	* ArtNouveau = new art [[note]]At least how the Anglophones and the French name the genre; other countries name it with something else such as "Jungendstil" or "secession"[[/note]]
14	* ArtDeco = retroactively named after the 1925 Paris [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Exhibition_of_Modern_Decorative_and_Industrial_Arts International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts]].
15	* {{Chanson}} = song
16	* TheChanteuse (''la chanteuse'') = the female singer
17	* ChezRestaurant = at the restaurant
18	* {{Cliche}} = Overused trope, phrase and so on
19	* LesCollaborateurs = collaborators (with the enemy)
20	* {{Commune}} = groups of housings, small towns, etc. The trope uses it as "community".
21	* UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif (''la police sportive'') = the athletic police[[note]]This is a JustForFun/{{Punny Trope Name\|s}} derived from ''Le Coq Sportif'', the sports equipment manufacturer.[[/note]]
22	* CordonBleughChef = blegh ribbon chef[[note]]This is a JustForFun/{{Punny Trope Name\|s}} derived from ''cordon bleu'', which means SupremeChef in French, and it's also the name of a dish.[[/note]]
23	* TheCoup = shorthand for "coup d'État," colloquially "a blow against the State" or "putsch"
24	* CoupDeGrace = blow of mercy
25	** CoupDeGraceCutscene
26	* DejaVu = already seen
27	* {{Denouement}} = unknotting, unravelling
28	** DenouementEpisode
29	* {{Detournement}} (''le détournement'')
30	* DisposableFiance = "fiancé" (engaged, to be married) is a French word originally
31	* DoubleEntendre = double meaning
32	* DroitDuSeigneur = right of the lord
33	* EndangeredSouffle = "soufflé" ("blown") is a French word originally
34	* EnfantTerrible = terrible child[[note]]Or "terrific child", but that wouldn't fit the trope.[[/note]]
35	* FeeFiFauxPas = fee fi false step
36	* FemmeFatale = deadly woman
37	* FemmeFataleSpy = only the first two words "femme fatale" are French.
38	* AFeteWorseThanDeath = only "fête" ("party") is French.
39	* FilleFatale = deadly girl
40	* LeFilmArtistique = artistic film
41	* FilmNoir = black film
42	* FleurDeLis (''fleur de lys'') = flower of lily
43	* GrandeDame = big lady
44	* GrandFinale = big finale
45	* TheGrotesque = gross and ridiculous at the same time
46	* {{Homage}} = tribute
47	* TheIngenue (''l'ingénue'') = naïve woman
48	* {{Jaccuse}} = I accuse
49	* JeanneDArchetype = Joan of archetype[[note]]pun on [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Jeanne d'Arc]][[/note]]
50	* MalMariee = badly married woman
51	* MeleeATrois = fray of three[[note]]This is a JustForFun/{{Punny Trope Name\|s}} derived from ''ménage à trois'', a.k.a. threesome.[[/note]]
52	* MilitaryCoup (''le coup d'État militaire'')
53	* MisereGame = destitution
54	* {{Montages}} = assemblies
55	* MoustacheDePlume = quill mustache
56	* NomDeGuerre = war name
57	* NomDeMom = mother's name
58	* NouveauRiche = new rich
59	* {{Pastiche}} = pâté or pie filling mixed from several ingredients
60	* LeParkour = word used for freerunning derived from "parcours" (course/route with obstacles on the way)
61	* [[PhlebotinumDuJour Phlébotinum du Jour]] = phlebotinum of the day
62	* {{Portmanteau}} (''le portemanteau'') = coat hanger[[note]]The trope isn't about coat hangers![[/note]]
63	* UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance = rebirth
64	* LaResistance = the resistance
65	* {{Reveille}}
66	* RomanAClef = novel with key
67	* SpookySeance = spooky session
68	* {{Tableau}} = painting/panel
69	* ThwartedCoupDeGrace
70	* {{Touche}} = touched/being hit
71	* TreeBuchet = trébuchet [[note]]A JustForFun/{{Punny Trope Name\|s}} combining "trebuchet" with the English word "tree"[[/note]]
72	* TroubleEntendre
73	* VigilanteMan = watchman
74	[[/index]]
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76	!! Other French phrases:
77	* ''danse macabre'' = [[TheDeadCanDance dance of death]]
78	* ''ménage à trois'' = [[ThreeWaySex couple of three]]
79	* ''princesse lointaine'' = [[PeerlessLoveInterest faraway princess]]
80	* ''raisonneur'' = [[AuthorAvatar one who argues]]

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