à la...
in the manner of/in the style of...
adieu
farewell
bel esprit (pl. beaux esprits)
literally "fine mind"; a cultivated, highly intelligent person
blasé
unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity, jaded.

bon appétit
literally "good appetite"; enjoy your meal
bon voyage
literally "good journey"; have a good trip!
cache
a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place

café
a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee")
café au lait
coffee with milk; or a light-brown color
c'est la vie!
"That's life!"; or "Such is life!" or "It is what it is!"
chez
at the house of: often used in the names of restaurants and the like; Chez Marie = "Marie's"

chic
stylish
cliché
lit. negative; trite through overuse; a stereotype
coquette
a flirtatious girl; a tease

croissant
a crescent-shaped bread made of flaky pastry
déjà vu
been here before; literally, "already seen": an impression or illusion of having seen or experienced something before.
dossier
a file containing detailed information about a person ; In French' slang, "J'ai des dossiers sur toi " ("I have files about you") means to have elements to blackmail somebody ; it has a much wider meaning in modern French, as any type of file, or even a computer directory.
du jour
said of something fashionable or hip for a day and quickly forgotten; today's choice on the menu, as soup du jour, literally "of the day"


entre nous
confidentially; literally "between us"
entrée
literally "entrance"; the first course of a meal (UK English); used to denote the main dish or course of a meal (US English).
extraordinaire
extraordinary, usually as a following adjective, as "musician extraordinaire"
façade
the front view of an edifice (from the Italian facciata, or face); a fake persona, as in "putting on a façade" (the ç is pronounced like an s)

fait accompli
lit. accomplished fact; something that has already happened and is thus unlikely to be reversed, a done deal. In French used only in the expression "placer/mettre quelqu'un devant le fait accompli" meaning to present somebody with a fait accompli.
femme fatale
"deadly woman"
fiancé/e
betrothed; lit. a man/woman engaged to be married.

Grand Prix
a type of motor racing, literally "Great Prize"
hors d'œuvre
"outside the [main] work": appetizer
madame / mademoiselle / monsieur
montage
editing

né, née
"born": a man’s/woman’s birth name (maiden name for a woman), e.g., "Martha Washington, née Dandridge."
n'est-ce pas?
"isn't it [true]?"; asked rhetorically after a statement, as in "Right?"
protégé/e
a man/woman who receives support from an influential mentor.
raison d'être
"reason for being": justification or purpose of existence

sauté
lit. jumped; quickly fry in a small amount of oil.
silhouette
the image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black
toilette
the process of dressing or grooming. Also refers in French, when plural ("les toilettes"), to the toilet room.

touché
acknowledgment of an effective counterpoint; literally "touched" or "hit!" Comes from the fencing vocabulary.
vive […]!
"Long live…!"; lit. "Live"; as in "Vive la France!", "Vive la République!", “Vive la Résistance!”, "Vive le Canada!", or "Vive le Québec libre!" (long live free Quebec, a sovereigntist slogan famously used by French President Charles de Gaulle in 1967 in Montreal). Unlike "viva" (Spanish) or "vivat" (Latin), it cannot be used alone; it needs a complement.
vive la différence!
"[long] live the difference"; originally referring to the difference between the sexes, the phrase may be used to celebrate the difference between any two groups of people (or simply the general diversity of individuals)

chanson 中文 香颂
1) a classical "art song," equiv. to the German lied or the Italian aria; or 2) in Russian, a cabaret-style sung narrative, usually rendered by a guttural male voice with guitar accompaniment. In French, it simply means a song.
début
first public performance of an entertainment personality or group. 【In French, it means "beginning."】 The English sense of the word exist only when in plural form: "[faire] ses débuts [sur scène]" (to make one's débuts on the scene).

passé
out of fashion. The correct expression in French is "passé de mode." Passé means past, passed, or (for a colour) faded.
reprise
repetition of previous music in a suite, programme, etc. In French, it may mean an alternate version of a piece of music, or a cover version. To express the repetition of a previous musical theme, French would exclusively use the Italian term coda.