As a result, when the major French dictionaries add new words it creates quite a buzz. Le Petit Larousse has added 150 words to its 2025 edition and some of its choices are surprising. FRANCE 24's ...

Standup comedian Jacques Silvère Bah, known as Le Magnific, played with French and African words and accents at a humor festival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in February. Arlette Bashizi for The New ...