fait accompli - something that has been done and is past altering

 

famille Jaune/nolre/rose/verte - Chinese enameled porcelain predominantly

 

yellow/black/pink/green

 

faubourg - a suburb, especially of Paris

 

faute de mieux - for want of a better alternative

 

fauteuil - a kind of wooden seat in the form of an armchair with open sides and upholstered arms

 

faux pas - a tactless blunder or indiscretion

 

favela - a Brazilian shack, slum, or shanty town

 

felo de se — suicide

 

feng-shui - in Chinese mythology, a system of good and evil spirit influences which inhabit the natural features of landscapes, and must be taken account of on determining sites for houses and graves

fete champetre - an outdoor entertainment or festival

fete galante - a fete especially of the kind depicted by Watteau

feu dejole - a ceremonial salute by gunfire

fidus Achates - a devoted friend or follower

figura - a person or thing representing or symbolizing a fact etc.

figurant - (fern, figurant) a ballet dancer appearing only in a group

fille dejoie - a prostitute

fils - (added to a surname to distinguish a son from a father) the son, junior (compare PERE)

fin de siecle- characteristic of the (decadent) end of the nineteenth century.

fine champagne – old liqueur brandy

fines herbes - mixed herbs used in cooking, especially to flavor omelettes

flanerie — idling, idleness

flaneur-an idler; a lounger

force majeure - unforeseeable compulsion

frappe - iced, cooled

fritto misto - a mixed grill

garcon - a waiter in a French restaurant, hotel, etc

gastarbeiter - a foreign worker in Germany

gasthaus - a small inn or hotel in German-speaking countries

gasthof- a German hotel, usually larger than a guesthouse

gemutlich - pleasant and comfortable; genial, agreeable

giaour-derog. Or literary a non-muslim, especially a Christian

gite - a furnished holiday house in France, usually small and in the country

gleichschaltung - the standardization of political, economic, and social institutions in

authoritarian states

grande dame - a dignified lady of high rank

grand mal - a serious form of epilepsy

grand monde - fashionable society

grand siecle - the seventeenth century in France

gran turismo-a touring car, with plenty of room for passengers and luggage.

‘   gratine - cooked au gratin

gravitas – solemn demeanor, seriousness