英语里的法语词汇（十三）

英文里的法语词汇（十三）

foie gras 鹅肝

fatty liver; usually the liver of overfed goose, hence: pat de foie gras, pat made from goose liver. However, "foie gras" generally stands for "pat de foie gras" as it is the most common way to use it.

folie deux二联性精神病

a simultaneous occurrence of delusions in two closely related people, often said of an unsuitable romance.

gaffe 大错，蠢事

blunder

garon 男孩

literally "boy" or "male servant"; sometimes used by English speakers to summon the attention of a male waiter (has a playful connotation in English but is condescending and possibly offensive in French)

garde manger 食物柜

literally "keeper of the food" or pantry supervisor, refers to the task of preparing and presenting cold foods.

gauche 左侧

tactless, does not mean "left-handed" (which is translated in French as "gaucher"), but does mean "left"

gaucherie 愚钝的

boorishness

gendarme警察

member of a gendarmerie; the word is often incorrectly used in English to refer to any French policeman.

genre 类型，类别

a type or class, such as "the thriller genre"

grace 多亏了

"thanks to", "by the grace of", naming credit or fortune