Adverbs in French, like in English, are used to modify adjectives, other adverbs, and verbs or clauses. They do not display any inflection; that is, their...

certainty) Adverbs can also be used as modifiers of adjectives, and of other adverbs, often to indicate degree. Examples: You are quite right (the adverb quite...

adjectives, adverbs, adverbials, and sentences. Some grammars use the label adverb phrase to denote an adverbial phrase composed entirely of adverbs versus...

d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic...

A French creole, or French-based creole language, is a creole for which French is the lexifier. Most often this lexifier is not modern French but rather...

Varieties of the French language are spoken in France and around the world. The Francophones of France generally use Metropolitan French[citation needed]...

Standard French (in French: le français standard, le français normé, le français neutre 'Neutral French' or le français international 'International French')...

Quebec French profanities, known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to consecrate"), are words and expressions related to Catholicism and its...

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; French: ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between...

§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language. It is based on a combination...