When you’re an English speaker learning French, one of the best surprises is how many words are cognates—words that look and ...

If you’re heading to France and feeling nervous about the language barrier, you’re not alone. The good news? You don’t need ...

With one word with numerous meanings, the scabrous French equivalent of a bad apple, an old word to baffle young people, the perfect term for a protest and a mythbuster - here are some of our ...

More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language.