French words with no English equivalent

All French words that have run in Comparle, with their meaning and story.

• dépaysement30 Sept 2026the pleasantly strange feeling of being far from everything familiardépaysement
• goûterblind wordthe afternoon snack, above all the children's one at fourgoûter
• l'esprit de l'escalierpractice wordthinking of the perfect reply only once it is too latel'esprit del'escalier
• rentréepractice wordthe great return to school, work and politics after the summerrentrée
• retrouvaillespractice wordthe joy of finding each other again after long apart — a reunionretrouvailles

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