French Academy

[ french uh-kad-uh-mee ]

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noun

an association of 40 scholars and men and women of letters, established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu and devoted chiefly to preserving the purity of the French language and establishing standards of proper usage.

French Academy

an association of 40 French scholars and writers, founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635, devoted chiefly to preserving the purity of the French language

Academy, French

A group of leaders in the literature and thought of France . The French Academy is supported by the government of France and sets standards for use of the French language.

Scarcely anything has been written against the French Academy, except frivolous and insipid pleasantries.

The use of the word "Vast" once gave rise to a controversy that was finally settled by an appeal to the French Academy.

Originally a poet, he finally turned to medicine and science, and in 1869 became a member of the French Academy.

On both occasions it was to go to the French Academy, of which his great literary ability had made him a member.

Adams: ‘But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to complete their dictionary.’

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