Trope Names from the French

The tropes on this wiki that are named in Gratuitous French... or close enough.
Some may be bad French or mixed with English, and rarely bothered with the correct diacritics (accents) until the custom title system.

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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See also:

• France
• French Language

• Agent Provocateur = troublemaker agent
• Art Nouveau = 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"
• Art Deco = retroactively named after the 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.
• Chanson = song
• The Chanteuse (la chanteuse) = the female singer
• Chez Restaurant = at the restaurant
• Cliché = Overused trope, phrase and so on
• Les Collaborateurs = collaborators (with the enemy)
• Commune = groups of housings, small towns, etc. The trope uses it as "community".
• Les Cops Sportif (la police sportive) = the athletic police^note This is a Punny Trope Name derived from Le Coq Sportif, the sports equipment manufacturer.
• Cordon Bleugh Chef = blegh ribbon chef^note This is a Punny Trope Name derived from cordon bleu, which means Supreme Chef in French, and it's also the name of a dish.
• The Coup = shorthand for "coup d'État," colloquially "a blow against the State" or "putsch"
• Coup de Grâce = blow of mercy
  • Coup de Grâce Cutscene
• Déjà Vu = already seen
• Dénouement = unknotting, unravelling
  • Dénouement Episode
• Détournement (le détournement)
• Disposable Fiancé = "fiancé" (engaged, to be married) is a French word originally
• Double Entendre = double meaning
• Droit du Seigneur = right of the lord
• Endangered Soufflé = "soufflé" ("blown") is a French word originally
• Enfant Terrible = terrible child^note Or "terrific child", but that wouldn't fit the trope.
• Fee Fi Faux Pas = fee fi false step
• Femme Fatale = deadly woman
• Femme Fatale Spy = only the first two words "femme fatale" are French.
• A Fête Worse than Death = only "fête" ("party") is French.
• Fille Fatale = deadly girl
• Le Film Artistique = artistic film
• Film Noir = black film
• Fleur-de-lis (fleur de lys) = flower of lily
• Grande Dame = big lady
• Grand Finale = big finale
• The Grotesque = gross and ridiculous at the same time
• Homage = tribute
• The Ingenue (l'ingénue) = naïve woman
• J'accuse! = I accuse
• Jeanne d'Archétype = Joan of archetype^note pun on Jeanne d'Arc
• Mal Mariée = badly married woman
• Mêlée à Trois = fray of three^note This is a Punny Trope Name derived from ménage à trois, a.k.a. threesome.
• Military Coup (le coup d'État militaire)
• Misère Game = destitution
• Montages = assemblies
• Moustache de Plume = quill mustache
• Nom de Guerre = war name
• Nom de Mom = mother's name
• Nouveau Riche = new rich
• Pastiche = pâté or pie filling mixed from several ingredients
• Le Parkour = word used for freerunning derived from "parcours" (course/route with obstacles on the way)
• Phlébotinum du Jour = phlebotinum of the day
• Portmanteau (le portemanteau) = coat hanger^note The trope isn't about coat hangers!
• The Renaissance = rebirth
• La Résistance = the resistance
• Reveille
• Roman à Clef = novel with key
• Spooky Séance = spooky session
• Tableau = painting/panel
• Thwarted Coup de Grâce
• Touché = touched/being hit
• Tree Buchet = trébuchet ^note A Punny Trope Name combining "trebuchet" with the English word "tree"
• Trouble Entendre
• Vigilante Man = watchman

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Other French phrases:

• danse macabre = dance of death
• ménage à trois = couple of three
• princesse lointaine = faraway princess
• raisonneur = one who argues

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