Poirot also bears a striking resemblance to A. E. W. Mason's fictional detective — Inspector Hanaud of the French Sûreté — who, first appearing in the 1910 novel At the Villa Rose, predates the writing of the first Poirot novel by six years.

An argot (; French, Spanish, and Catalan for " slang ") is a secret language used by various groups — including, but not limited to, thieves and other criminals — to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations.

In reply to this the French sovereign dispatched Andrew as his ambassador to Güyük Khan ; with Longjumeau went his brother William ( also a Dominican ) and several others — John Goderiche, John of Carcassonne, Herbert " Le Sommelier ," Gerbert of Sens, Robert ( a clerk ), a certain William, and an unnamed clerk of Poissy.

* French arpent — also used in Louisiana as length and area unit of measure

From the unexpected realism of his first major figure — inspired by his 1875 trip to Italy — to the unconventional memorials whose commissions he later sought, Rodin's reputation grew, such that he became the preeminent French sculptor of his time.

* 1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins — The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

In her own defence, Bardot wrote in a letter to a French gay magazine: " Apart from my husband — who maybe will cross over one day as well — I am entirely surrounded by homos.

During Operation Dynamo — the evacuation of 330, 000 BEF and French troops to Britain — Montgomery assumed command of the II Corps.

In France before the French Revolution, representatives of the clergy — in practice, bishops and abbots of the largest monasteries — comprised the First Estate of the Estates-General, until their role was abolished during the French Revolution.

These reformed French Breviaries — e. g. the Paris Breviary of 1680 by Archbishop François de Harlay ( 1625 – 1695 ) and that of 1736 by Archbishop Charles Gaspard Guillaume de Vintimille ( 1655 – 1746 )— show a deep knowledge of Holy Scripture, and much careful adaptation of different texts.

Three railway stations — those of the German, French and Swiss networks — lie within the city ( although the Swiss ( Basel SBB ) and French ( Bâle SNCF ) stations are actually in the same complex, separated by Customs and Immigration facilities ).

The name comes from the medieval-Latin term balneum ( or balineum ) Mariae — literally, Mary's bath — from which the French bain de Marie, or bain-marie, is derived.

Motoring journalist Jabby Crombac pointed out that " way a Frenchman pronounces those initials — written phonetically, ' em air day '— sounded perilously like the French word ...

* 1926 – Michel Butor, French novelist

The first, Pierrot Lunaire of 1982, is a retranslation of the Hartleben versions back into French by the poets Michel Butor and Michel Launay, who conclude the volume with poems of their own inspired by Giraud.

* September 14-Michel Butor, French writer

Michel Butor (; born 14 September 1926 ) is a French writer.

Butor was a close friend and colleague of Elinor Miller, a French professor at Embry Riddle University.

* Jean-Louis de Rambures, " Comment travaillent les écrivains ", Paris 1978 ( interview with Michel Butor, in French )

* Britton, C. 1995: " Opacity and transparency: conceptions of history and cultural difference in the work of Michel Butor and Edouard Glissant ", French Studies, 49: 308-320.

The French novel from the 1950s on went through a similar experimentation in the group of writers published by " Les Éditions de Minuit ", a French publisher ; this " Nouveau roman " (" new novel "), associated with Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, Robert Pinget, Michel Butor, Samuel Beckett, Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon, also abandoned traditional plot, voice, characters and psychology.

There he came into contact with German writers in the Gruppe 47, the French nouveau romancier Michel Butor, and the Polish novelist, diarist and playwright, Witold Gombrowicz.

Marcel Griaule and Michel Leiris are examples of people who combined anthropology with the French avant-garde.

* 1952 – Michel Blanc, French actor

* 1930 – Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France

* 1721 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman ( b. 1652 )

* 1603 – Michel le Tellier, French statesman ( d. 1685 )

* 1919 – Michel Déon, French writer

* 1652 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician ( d. 1719 )

* 1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist ( d. 1806 )

* Northeast Caucasian languages, such as Chechen, are seen by the French linguist Michel Morvan as more likely candidates for a very distant connection.

The name Île de la Passion () was officially given to Clipperton in 1711 by French discoverers Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, commanding the French ships La Princesse and La Découverte.

The work of French philosopher and social theorist, Michel Foucault has been utilized in a variety of disciplines, such as history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and linguistics.

During World War I, in which his younger son Michel served and his friend and admirer Clemenceau led the French nation, Monet painted a series of weeping willow trees as homage to the French fallen soldiers.

His home, garden and waterlily pond were bequeathed by his son Michel, his only heir, to the French Academy of Fine Arts ( part of the Institut de France ) in 1966.

Casablanca is home to the Hassan II Mosque, designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau.

* 1657 – Michel Richard Delalande, French Baroque composer and organist ( d. 1726 )

* 1997 – Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker ( b. 1929 )

* 1964 – Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian

* 1925 – Michel Piccoli, French actor

* 1932 – Michel Legrand, French composer

* 1971 – Michel Breistroff, French hockey player ( d. 1996 )

* 1956 – Michel Houellebecq, French writer

* 1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French writer ( d. 1592 )

A dedicated contemporary hedonist philosopher and on the history of hedonistic thought is the French Michel Onfray.