My family has been keeping a list of French words which pop up in English. We have found more than 300, not counting food and words used in cookery.
Wikipedia has many more. But a lot of them are obscure.
Flanders and Swan wrote and performed an amusing song in which all the rhymes were Fench words.
The ones which immediately spring to my mind are these>
ballet
belle
bouquet
brassiere
brasserie
chauffeur
coiffure
portmanteau
nom de plume
banquette
That's ten. Let's see if I can find another ten quickly.
bourgoise
bureau
cuisine
gourmand
gourmet
chef
hors d'oeuvre
matinee
rendez-vous
rsvp
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_French_expressions_in_English
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