французить

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Russian

Etymology

францу́з (francúz) +‎ -ить (-itʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

францу́зить (francúzitʹimpf

  1. (colloquial) to behave in the French manner; to speak French
    • 1880, Николай Лесков , “Глава одиннадцатая”, in Белый орёл; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The White Eagle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      «Эге́, — ду́маю, — опя́ть показа́лся, да ещё и францу́зить на́чал... Ну, я лу́чше кого́-нибудь подожду́, оди́н по ле́стнице не пойду́».
      «Egé, — dúmaju, — opjátʹ pokazálsja, da ješčó i francúzitʹ náčal... Nu, ja lúčše kovó-nibudʹ podoždú, odín po léstnice ne pojdú».
      “Aha,” I think, “he’s shown up again, and what’s more he’s speaking French … Well, I’d better wait for somebody, I won’t go downstairs alone.”

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