French Loan Words Quiz

Shouldn't "malaise" work for boredom/world-weariness? And can you accept some alternate spellings? Soiree (suaree? suarez?) got me.

I know many of these, but I can't spell any of them. I agree the spelling needs to be more lenient.

yikes 7/26, 27% :(

Wow. Spelling was a problem for me too. But then again, I've never taken a French class in my life.

Spelling kicked my butt as well, I perhaps could have gotten some more with a bit more time.

13/26 - YIKES :(

So I knew most of these words, I just either didn't know or forgot what they meant :P

Knew the words but not how to spell them, so I had to use google's auto-correct. I mean, do we really need to have the 'e' at the end of 'debutant'?

I put fete instead of soiree. I think soiree is a better fit, but only a pretentious English-speaker would call a party a fete.

I could not spell chouffer choffer choufer chofer shouffer shoufer shoffer shofer schouffer schoufer schoffer schofer!!

Yeah, me too with foie gras: foi gras, fois gras, fois gra, foi gra....aw, come on!! There's gotta be a better way! All I was missing was an e! :-(

That is not what malaise means. Can 'Enui' count for 'ennui'? I didn't know about the second 'n.'

If you accept "débutant" then you have to change the clue. Débutant is for a male, débutante for a female, the last -e makes the difference. Foi gras litteraly means Fat faith... ;) liver = foie. Here again the last -e is important.

I agree with tralala--please don't make spelling more lenient at the expense of meaning/correctness just so people can ham-fist their way through these quizzes.

Déjá Vu is not correct. this: á does not exist in french. It is déjà vu. And 'bon appétit' wasn't accepted. I had to type it without the accent.

same for Á la carte. Should be À la carte.

For appetizer, I could only think of "amuse-bouche", not hors d'oeuvre. Whats wrong with me? XD

accepted spelling should be consistent with any other quiz. don't get crazy with it, but also don't be 100% strict. as quizmeister mentioned, accents and end letters are quite important en francais.

i lived in france for two years and never thought of half of these - just shows how stupid i am because i don't translate them to each other properly

malaise is not really sense of boredom, world weariness but I think blaise might be an acceptable alternative.

Canape is also an appetizer (I can't do the acute accent on my computer sorry) A bit easier to spell than hors d'oeuvre! I also agree that the spelling of answers should be correct.

Joie de Vivre should also be La Joie de Vivre (or Le)

The quiz is to guess the French phrases. You can't just make up your own spelling. 'Do we really need to have an e at the end of debutante?' Well, does it matter if we put an e at the end of the English word 'rap' or an extra s at the end of the word 'as'? Yes, it does, because it is incorrect and it changes the meaning of the word.

Shouldn't "entree" work for appetizer?

Entree is a main dish, not an appetizer.