Published : Wed, Oct 16, 2019 4:00 PM GMT
French Canadian and English—There are Commonalities
Canada is officially a bilingual country; French Canadian is French Canadian and English is English. Right?
Not quite; there are some words and expressions that are identical or very similar used in both French Canadian and English. Some have English origins and others French origins. Here are a few examples:
English origins in French
- The French word for jeans is jeans
- Blogger is very similar in French, le blogueur
- Telephone is téléphone in French
- Weekend in English is weekend in French
- Bestseller is best-seller in French
French origins in English
- The French word omelette is very similar to the English omelet
- Café in French is cafe in English
- The French word la critique is critique in English
- Entrepreneur in French is the same word in English
- Pique-nique in French is very similar to picnic in English
- Menu is the same word in French and English