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'''Important note:''' anytime you see "le", "la" or "les", consider them as "the", and don't list them under "L" in indexes.

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'''Important note:''' anytime you see " l' ", "le", "la" or "les", consider them as "the", and don't list them under "L" in indexes.
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'''Important note:''' anytime you see "le", "la" or "les", consider them as articles, i.e. "the", and don't list them under "L" in indexes.

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'''Important note:''' anytime you see "le", "la" or "les", consider them as articles, i.e. "the", and don't list them under "L" in indexes.
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* {{Homage}} = tribute
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* 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]]
* 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]].


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* UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance = rebirth
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** CoupDeGraceCutscene
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* JeanneDArchetype = Joan of archetype[[note]]pun on JoanOfArc[[/note]]

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* JeanneDArchetype = Joan of archetype[[note]]pun on JoanOfArc[[/note]]UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc[[/note]]
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* LesCollaborateurs = the collaborators

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* LesCollaborateurs = collaborators (with the collaboratorsenemy)
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* ToutLeMondeEstAccueilli means everyone is greeted
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* ToutLeMondeEstAccueilli means everyone is greeted
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* {{Reveille}}



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* ViveLaRevolution = long live the revolution

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* ViveLaRevolution UsefulNotes/ViveLaRevolution = long live the revolution
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* CordonBleughChef (''cordon beurk'') = ribbon blegh chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''le cordon bleu'', which means SupremeChef in French.[[/note]]

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* CordonBleughChef (''cordon beurk'') = blegh ribbon blegh chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''le cordon bleu'', which means SupremeChef in French.[[/note]]
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* FemmeFataleSpy = only the first two words "femme fatale" are French.
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* ThwartedCoupDeGrace
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* ''princesse lointaine'' = [[PeerlessLoveInterest faraway princess]]
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* ''raisonneur'' = [[AuthorAvatar one who argues]]
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Military Coup also belongs on this list, because \'coup\' is French.

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* MilitaryCoup (''le coup d'État militaire'')
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This note about \'le cordon bleu\' can be shorter.


* CordonBleughChef (''cordon beurk'') = ribbon blegh chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''Le Cordon Bleu'', the institution of French cooking. ''Cordon bleu'' means SupremeChef in French.[[/note]]

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* CordonBleughChef (''cordon beurk'') = ribbon blegh chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''Le Cordon Bleu'', the institution of French cooking. ''Cordon bleu'' ''le cordon bleu'', which means SupremeChef in French.[[/note]]
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Add Trouble Entendre, because \'entendre\' is French.

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* TroubleEntendre

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* DoubleEntendre = double meaning



* UnEntendre = one meaning



!! Other French phrases that appear in trope pages:

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!! Other French phrases that appear in trope pages:phrases:

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* NomDeMom = mother name

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* NomDeMom = mother mother's name



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!! Other French phrases that appear in trope pages:
* ''danse macabre'' = [[TheDeadCanDance dance of death]]
* ''ménage à trois'' = [[ThreeWaySex couple of three]]
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* MeleeATrois = fray of three

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* MeleeATrois = fray of threethree[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''ménage à trois'', a.k.a. threesome.[[/note]]
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* JeanneDArchetype = Joan of archetype

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* JeanneDArchetype = Joan of archetypearchetype[[note]]pun on JoanOfArc[[/note]]
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* TheCoup = shorthand for "coup d'État," colloquially "a blow against the State"
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* NomDeMom = mother name
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* CordonBleughChef (''cordon dégeu'') = ribbon blegh chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''Le Cordon Bleu'', the institution of French cooking.[[/note]]

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* CordonBleughChef (''cordon dégeu'') beurk'') = ribbon blegh chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''Le Cordon Bleu'', the institution of French cooking.cooking. ''Cordon bleu'' means SupremeChef in French.[[/note]]

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Add Detournement. Change \"mustache of quill\" to \"quill mustache\".


* {{Detournement}} (''le détournement'')



* MoustacheDePlume = mustache of quill

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* MoustacheDePlume = mustache of quillquill mustache
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Don\'t translate \"finale\".


* GrandFinale = big end

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* GrandFinale = big endfinale
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The internet says \"blegh\" is a word.


* CordonBleughChef (''cordon dégeu'') = ribbon blech chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''Le Cordon Bleu'', the institution of French cooking.[[/note]]

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* CordonBleughChef (''cordon dégeu'') = ribbon blech blegh chef[[note]]This is JustForPun on ''Le Cordon Bleu'', the institution of French cooking.[[/note]]

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