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About 43,000 words. It's virtually impossible (and non-useful) to keep an exact count as new words are constantly formed and some ancient ones resurface from time to time .
The 300 or 400 most frequent words are said to make up 70% of every French-speaking conversation.
As per the "Office de la langue francaise du Quebec", depending of which kind of words we include in the count, it could be around 500,000 words.
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As with any language word fall into disuse and are removed or turned archaic the same way new words are formed and created with the changing communities. French, being such a wide spread language probably adds words more frequently than others. Anyway the estimation can never be known for sure All languages that have some sort of technical language such as medical terms and scientific elements (not to mention species) will most likely add about 250,000 plus words just form those terms. If you want to count every spices of animal as a separate word (if you were particular) than every language would range far beyond the millions... and that doesn't include plants and other names. But since we normally only include words of practical use other than proper names of scientific nature, I would cut that 500k down by more than half to represent a close estimate as to how many words are in the language. So 220,000 might be more realistic.
But we can never really know since more form frequently. For example English some say it has 1 million words (Since it incorporates words from many different languages and makes it bigger than most... or all no one knows for sure.) Others say only about 400,000. But regardless of word count. how many of those words are slang, or archaic, or scientific reference? So no one knows for sure.
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How many words french language?
There are approximately 135,000 words in the French language.
When were french words introduced to the English language?
French words were introduced to the English language after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. This event resulted in a significant influence of French language and culture on English, leading to the incorporation of many French words into the English vocabulary.
Is French a Latin language?
french is derived from latin therefore it is a latin language.
How many foreign words in English language?
There are thousands of foreign words in the English language, as English has borrowed vocabulary from languages such as Latin, French, German, and many others over its history. This borrowing has enriched the language and contributed to its diverse and varied vocabulary.
Why does English have many French words?
English has many French words due to the historical influence of the Norman Conquest in 1066, during which the Normans brought their language, Old Norman, which eventually evolved into Middle English. This led to the borrowing of French words into English, particularly in areas of law, government, cuisine, and fashion.
How many words french language?
There are approximately 135,000 words in the French language.
When were french words introduced to the English language?
French words were introduced to the English language after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. This event resulted in a significant influence of French language and culture on English, leading to the incorporation of many French words into the English vocabulary.
Why has french words such as Rendezvous become adopted and reused in the English language as if it was an English word?
Especially in the middle ages, the french and English peoples mixed together, and adopted words. The French have many cognates of English words, as we have french words. Particularly, England was once under a french ruler,(I forget the name), and during that time period many words were exchanged from language to language.
What are many words in the English language are based upon?
Many are based on the Latin language, often indirectly through French.
Is French a Latin language?
french is derived from latin therefore it is a latin language.
What English words are in the french language?
Words such as T-shirt, weekend, baby sitter, airbag, flirt are in the French language.
French Italian and Spanish languages and many English words are based upon the language?
Latin
What is a word that means french with many English words?
The French language has 'franglais' to describe that. It seems that Frenglish could be an English equivalent.
Is the French language is based on the Gaul language?
Just some words come from Gaul, like car in English or char in French, French language is mainly a Latin language
How did the Greeks and Romans contribute to the American language?
Since western science and medicine originate from ancient Greece, many scientific and formal medical words are Greek. Many words in the English language are of Latin origin. There were two sources for this influence. One was the use of Latin by the educated elites and by the church. The other was the Norman invasion of England. The Normans were French and French became the language of the aristocracy. French is a Romance language; that is, a language derived from Latin. Many formal medical words and legal terms are Latin.
What is the French language?
French is a language. it is spoken in France, and in many former French colonies.
How do French people interact with others?
With words. Usually in the french language
