Réa’ and mocktail : Covid and English rule 2022 French dictionary
Le Petit Larousse has included a record-breaking 170 new words in its latest edition, plus a debate on whether it should be
le Covid or
4 May 2021
The new Petit Larousse 2022 edition also includes a discussion on the gender of the word ‘Covid-19’ Pic: JaneTVincent / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Hannah Thompson
French dictionary
le Petit Larousse has added 170 new words to its new 2022 edition, including English words such as ‘batch cooking’, and terms immersed in the pandemic such as
réa and
quatorzaine.
The 2022 edition will include the new words and definitions, which have been chosen to reflect current changes and trends in society.
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Why France feels it needs a dictionary of world French
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WORLD / AFRICA By AFP Published: Mar 17, 2021 07:28 PM France has long defended the purity of its language with an official list of permitted words, but the launch of a new online dictionary with state support on Tuesday underlines how attitudes have shifted.
For three centuries, the venerable Academie Francaise in Paris has produced state-sanctioned dictionaries that document and approve new terms or expressions.
A general view of Paris Photo: VCGThe first version dates back to the 17th-century creation of the Academie, while work on its latest tome, the ninth, has been underway since 1986. The backers of the new dictionary, which include French President Emmanuel Macron, are lightning quick in comparison and hope to reach many more people with an online resource based on the Wikipedia model.