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Gallicism

Translation
Gallicism
/gal"euh siz'euhm/, n.
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.
Also, gallicism.
[1650-60; < F gallicisme. See GALLIC, -ISM]

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