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Welcome tiberall. Funny thing is I just wanted to ask people about de - or décolletage. About the 'tage' part. The French word 'décolleté 'is in use in actual French German and Dutch in its original form. Decollete or décolleté.
Decolletage made me think it would have the meaning of something that has been detached of soaked off something. (from 'décoller-to soak off or detach something that has been glued) The French word 'décollage' meaning 'take off' (airplane).
As there have been French speaking parts in the U.S. I expected it the word to be closer to the original.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted French words in English tiberall 08/31/10 05:14 PM Re: French words in English LukeJavan8 08/31/10 05:17 PM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 08/31/10 06:08 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 08/31/10 06:37 PM Re: French words in English twosleepy 09/07/10 06:35 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/09/10 02:05 PM Re: French words in English Hal Alexander 09/11/10 09:40 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/11/10 10:31 PM Re: French words in English Faldage 09/12/10 11:43 AM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 09/09/10 02:40 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/09/10 05:55 PM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 09/12/10 02:07 PM
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