{"id":4930,"date":"2015-05-15T19:16:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T19:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/french-words-no-english-equivalent\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T16:58:36","slug":"french-words-no-english-equivalent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/french-words-no-english-equivalent\/","title":{"rendered":"7 French Words That Have No English Equivalent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Give the English language some credit. It has the uncanny ability to be waaaaay more complicated than necessary. For instance, we still don’t have a singular word for a slice of bread<\/em>. Ridiculous. Not to worry though, because the French have it covered, using short words and phrases to describe very complex – and super specific – things.<\/p>\n

Yes, we’ve had some fun with British words, Australian words, and German words<\/a>. So, it’s time to check out these seven French words that have no English equivalent. This oh-so helpful visual guide is comprised of royalty-free images from our very own collection.<\/em> Enjoy.<\/p>\n

1. D\u00e9paysement:<\/strong> The disoriented, homesick-like feeling of not being in one’s home country.<\/p>\n

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The emotional, isolating feeling of a love that is not being reciprocated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Esprit d’escalier:<\/strong> When you think of a comeback a bit too late. (Literal translation is “staircase wit.”)<\/p>\n

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4. Sortable: <\/strong>An adjective for the kind of person you can take anywhere, and not fear embarrassment. <\/p>\n

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5. Fl\u00e2neur: <\/strong>A purposefully aimless pedestrian, unbothered by any obligation, thriving on the culture of whatever city he\/she is in.<\/p>\n

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6. Rire dans sa barbe: <\/strong>To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about a funny moment from the past.<\/p>\n

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7. Seigneur-Terraces: <\/strong>One who sits in a coffee shop for a long period of time but spends very little money.<\/p>\n

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AntonioGuillem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hope you liked this Franco-Bigstock lesson in language. For more international fun, check out our related posts below.<\/p>\n

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Give the English language some credit. It has the uncanny ability to be waaaaay more complicated than necessary. For instance, we still don’t have a singular word for a slice of bread. Ridiculous. Not to worry though, because the French have it covered, using short words and phrases to describe very complex – and super specific – things. Yes,…<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29],"tags":[127,753,777],"class_list":["post-4930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-friday","tag-fun","tag-visual-guide","tag-language","col-sm-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcS8aA-1hw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7977,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930\/revisions\/7977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}