Word info

Modern French

Proper noun

Meaning

Modern French

French spoken after the fifteenth century.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

It is dreadful to think of Paris in German hands but what preoccupies me still more is what is going to happen to modern French art and the younger artists. Amrita Sher-Gil

one day [c. 1905-07], Kirchner brought with him a volume from some bookstore with pictures of Meier-Graefe about the modern French artists. We were enthralled. Fritz Bleyl

In the film, she pronounces François Villon as "Francis Villain", and the Leslie Howard character corrects her, saying the double el is silent, as it approximately is in Modern French. Source: Internet

Modern French orthography has restored the spelling une heure. Source: Internet

Modern French orders of knighthood include women, for example the Légion d'Honneur ( Legion of Honor ) since the mid-19th century, but they are usually called chevaliers. Source: Internet

The name was supposedly derived from a Breton language term meaning "stone table" but doubt has been cast on this, and the OED describes its origin as "Modern French". Source: Internet

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