Delboy Trotter, the main character in BBC TV’s Only Fools and Horses, always hilariously misspoke his French phrases without realising it. Here is a list of actual French words and phrases that are in common use in everyday English. What does the French word or phrase mean? Spelling the answers phonetically is ok.
| 1 | good appetite; enjoy your meal | bon appétit | |
| 2 | white card | carte blanche | |
| 3 | driver | chauffeur | |
| 4 | good journey; have a good trip! | bon voyage | |
| 5 | stylish | chic | |
| 6 | a receptionist at a hotel or residence | concierge | |
| 7 | That’s life! or Such is life! | c’est la vie! | |
| 8 | opening the appetite | aperitif | |
| 9 | a bunch of flowers | bouquet | |
| 10 | a phrase that has become trite through overuse | cliché | |
| 11 | a brown-haired girl | brunette | |
| 12 | slaughterhouse | abattoir | |
| 13 | unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity | blasé | |
| 14 | a person whose beliefs, attitudes, and practices are conventionally middle-class | bourgeois | |
| 15 | a small exclusive group of friends | clique | |
| 16 | cutting-edge or radically innovative | avant-garde | |
| 17 | a type of large road, usually running through a city | boulevard | |
| 18 | a long chair for reclining | chaise longue | |
| 19 | government overthrow | coup (coup d’état) | |
| 20 | on the menu | à la carte |