Mademoiselle (pronounced [madmwazɛl]) or demoiselle ( pronounced [dəmwazɛl]) is a French courtesy title, abbreviated Mlle or Dlle, traditionally given to an unmarried woman. The equivalent in English is "Miss". The courtesy title "Madame" is accorded women where their marital status is unknown.
A gîte or gite (French pronunciation: [ʒit]) is, typically, a holiday rental home in France, but there are many interpretations of the term 'gîte'. They range from a gîtes d'etape — a hostel, for walkers and cyclists — to a gîte rural, a holiday home in the country available for rent, often an accessory dwelling unit.
The French use both la mairie and l'hôtel de ville when referring to the town hall. In general, la mairie is used in smaller towns and villages. La mairie is also used to describe the range of functions and services headed by le maire (the mayor).
Ownership of French Property 'En Tontine' A tontine clause (or clause d'accroissement as it is also called) is used to avoid the entrenched inheritance rights of children in French law, so that no part of the property passes to them during the lifetime of any of the existing owners.
In France and Belgium, tontines clauses are inserted into contracts such as ownership deeds for property as a means to potentially reduce inheritance tax. The First Life Directive of the European Union includes tontines as a permitted class of business for insurers.
Each of these French words are used to describe a fresh, lactic style of cheese, but from three different species. A female sheep giving milk is a brebis, a female goat giving milk is a chèvre, and a female cow giving milk is a vache.
In pre-modern to modern law, concubinage has been used in certain jurisdictions to describe cohabitation, and in France, was formalized in 1999 as the French equivalent of a civil union.
The name Baroness finds its roots in the French language, deriving from the word baron, which refers to a noble title. Baroness, in its original sense, signifies the esteemed position of being the wife or widow of a Baron.
A marquess (UK: /ˈmɑːrkwɪs/; French: marquis [maʁki]) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave).
A Baroness can use the “Lady” title and holds significant rights and duties in the House of Lords. The role may also come with lands and ownerships. The title of Dame is the female equivalent of a knighthood and is used as the female counterpart to “Sir”.
Among the last European countries to decriminalise adultery were Italy (1969), West Germany (1969), Malta (1973), Luxembourg (1974), France (1975), Spain (1978), Portugal (1982), Greece (1983), Belgium (1987), Switzerland (1989), and Austria (1997).
Pretty sure the only activities they've been shown to partake in was garden strolling, bathing, playing with their children, eating, shabonking the emperor and impersonating ghosts at night.
