Spellings
What vowel digraph spells /u:/ in the following French loanwords?
soup, group, route
<ou>
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
ballet, blanket, locket, banquet
<-et>
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a cow?
Beef.
Chef
What French digraph spells /ʃ/ in these words?
chef, chivalry, mustache, chute
<ch>
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
postage, village, massage, courage
<-age>
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a pig?
Pork.
Giraffe
What phoneme does the <g> spell at the end of these French words?
beige, rouge, garage
/ʒ/
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
trainee, employee, fiancée, protegée
<ee>
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from birds ?
Poultry.
Pomegranate
Words inherited from Latin tend to select a single vowel spelling.
What kind of vowel spelling do words from French tend to select?
Vowel digraphs.
Spell the French suffix shared by the following words:
fountain, mountain, captain, curtain
<-ain>
What is the French-origin word for meat that comes from a calf?
Veal.
What is the French loan word that refers to a kind of sparkling light wine?
Champagne
What does the <qu> spell in these words borrowed from French?
quiche, unique, queue
/k/
What does the French suffix <-ette> mean in the following words?
kitchenette, marionette, rosette
Diminutive or "small."
What is the English animal name for the French-named meat called mutton?
Sheep.
Limousine