French Englishn.
/ˌfrɛn(t)ʃ ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌfrɛn(t)ʃ ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ English as spoken by a French-speaking person; spoken or written language which combines elements of both French and English.
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French English1553
Black English1734
Rock English1843
South African English1855
Canadian English1857
Canadian1910
Bermudian English1933
Ozarkian1949
World English1957
Japlish1960
White English1969
Konglish1970
Singlish1984
World English-
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique f. 86 He that cometh lately out of France wil talke Frenche English, and neuer blushe at the matter.
1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin iii. i, in Titus & Berenice sig. I2 (stage direct.) In broken French-English.
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 3 If I translate a French Book into English, I turn it into English Phrase, not into French English [Il fait froid] I say 'tis cold, not, it makes cold.
1753 J. Armstrong Taste 17 Lewis XIV, who, to speak in fashionable French English, called himself Lewis the Great.
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies i. 7 He spoke a Babylonish jargon of mingled French-English, and Osage.
1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. i. 11 A queer little dialect of French-English.
1905 Poet Lore Autumn 136 Winlove (Lucentio) speaks a kind of French English.
2008 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 9 Feb. c1 Hanging over the bakery was a sign that read ‘Brad and pajues’. This, Fraser explained, as ‘a sort of French-English for “bread and pies”.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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