French menus need not be a mystery. You already know many French words.
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B
ballet
banquette
bête noire
bon - good, used in bonjour, good day, bonsoir, good evening, and bon-bon the sweet
boulevard
bouquet
brasserie - eatery
brassiere - bra, item of women's clothing also called soutien gorge which means lift neck which is a euphemism or polite word
C
cafe
cafetiere
centre - centre
chauffeur
coiffeur
corps - body, corps de ballet
croissant
E
entrepreneur - person who starts businesses and enterprises, entre-enter - prener to take
et - and , as in son et lumiere
fumer - to smoke, as in pas de fumer, no smoking, no fumes. De means of. ne - pas is no.
L
lait - milk, cafe au lait is coffee with milk, au is at
lumiere, as in son et lumiere, light
M
madame - madam
matinee - afternoon performance, matin is morning
menu - le menu is the menu
mortgage - literally dead hand
moulin - mill or windmill as in Moulin Rouge, red windmill, a London landmark
N
naive
ne - no, don't
noir - black, as in film noir which is a gloomy or sad film
Nom de plume - pen name, literally name of pen
P
President
R
r.s.v.p respondeez s'il vous plait - reply /respond please, literally if (it) you please
regrette - regret, as in the Edith Piaf song, je ne regrette rien, I don't regret nothing (anything)
renaissance - rebirth, art era, newspaper name
republique - republic (newspaper name and street name)
Restaurant
Reunion - meeting
rouge - red, as in the cosmetic, also as in moulin rouge, red windmill, adjective second after the noun
S
servis - service, as in servis compris means service included
son et lumiere - sound and light
suave
T
train - train (written the same way, pronounced tran, just the same without the letter i)
V
Ville - town, centre ville means centre of the town
W
W le weekend - the weekend - le is the, weekend is an English word which pops up in conversational French
Useful Websites For Spelling & Meaning & Inserting Accents
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bete-noire
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