Anyone who has spent even the shortest amount of time in France knows the importance of being able to speak a little français. Locals will quickly warm to travelers who at least make an effort to ...

Is it apéro o'clock yet? Paris metro station renaming, part of an April Fools joke. Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP Certain French linguists use up a lot of angst on the many anglicisms that creep ...

A recent study explores how Japanese learners of French produce ambiguous speech errors. Using a specialized assessment tool, ...

This picture shows the 2016 edition of the French dictionary "Le Petit Larousse" (Photo by Eric Feferberg / AFP) The French language is always evolving and modernising, and for its 2026 edition, Le ...

The Académie Française, founded in the 17th century under Louis XIV, views itself as the guardian of the French language – but a group of linguists says the words the institution chooses to protect or ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. A major difference between the English and French ...

Anyone who happens to know their way around a lot of languages can barely help noticing this eerie similarity. But when it comes to European languages closely related to English, like the Romance and ...