FRANCE

France, French Republic

(noun) a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

France, Anatole France, Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault

(noun) French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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