French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	trimodal
	triphtongaison
	triphtongue
	triptote
	trisyllabe
	trisyllabique
	trivalent
	trivial
	trochée
	troncation1
	troncation2
	tronqué
	tronquer
	trope
	tropic

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vulgar

Fr    trivial, vulgaire

adj

Related term(s): colloquial speech, swear word, taboo

Source(s):

Hartmann & Stork 1972: 254

HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.

Nash 1968: 266 (vulgarism)

NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press. 

Pei & Gaynor 1954: 230 (vulgarism)

PEI, Mario A. & GAYNOR, Frank. (1954) A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York : Philosophical Library.

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English word list

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	volume
	vowel1
	vowel2
	vowel diagram
	vowel point
	vowel quadrangle
	vowel quadrilateral
	vulgar
	wanna-contraction
	wave1
	wave2
	wave theory
	way of speaking
	weak
	weak declension

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