French words in English/Catalogs

List of French words in English
This is a list of words that retain their French spelling in English. Some of them may also feature written French accents, or be written in italics, or have a strange or little-known pronunciation in English, in any combination. Some very common words, such as 'centre' (which retains its French spelling in British English - 'center' in American) have been omitted.

The accents in the pronunciation column show stress and pronunciation (see English spellings for a table). The equals sign (=) introduces a word that has the same pronunciation (no other kind of connection is implied). Words in italics show meaning.

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