Glossary of French expressions in English in the original language, to the extent that they would not be understood (either at all, or in the intended sense) by a native French speaker. c'est la guerre: "That's war!", or... c'est la vie: "That's life!" or "Such is life!" Through the evolution of the language, many words and phrases are no longer used in modern French. Also there are expressions that, even though grammatically correct, do not have the same meaning in French as the English words derived from them. Some older word usages still appear in Quebec French. International authorities have adopted a number of words and
Tone letter Tone letter Tone letters are letters that represent the tones of a language, most commonly in languages with contour tones. A series of iconic tone letters based on a musical staff was devised by Yuen Ren Chao and adopted into the International Phonetic Alphabet. Previously the contour had been drawn without the staff, making the height of the tone difficult to read. Combinations of these tone letters are schematics of the pitch contour of a tone, mapping the pitch in the letter space and ending in a vertical bar. For example, represents the mid-dipping pitch contour of the Chinese word