Definitions for Gallicism

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Gallicism Gal·li·cism

Spelling: [gal-uh-siz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈgæl əˌsɪz əm/

Gallicism is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 274 anagrams from letters in Gallicism (acgiillms).

Definitions for Gallicism

noun

1. a French idiom or expression used in another language, as Je ne sais quoi when used in English.
2. a feature that is characteristic of or peculiar to the French language.
3. a custom or trait considered to be characteristically French.

Origin of Gallicism

From the French word gallicisme, dating back to 1650-60. See Gallic, -ism

Examples for Gallicism

If any elegant scholar will translate that Gallicism for me literally, I shall feel obliged to him.

But this association proved so helpless that it could not even hinder the invasion of Gallicism in the eighteenth century.

It is a Gallicism, but all the better, where one desires to be imperative, and yet vague.

Boutefeu, a Gallicism for incendiary: in Dryden's time it was a word of good reputation, but is now obsolete.