Category:French metonyms

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Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. tréteau
  2. solfège
  3. Brazzaville
  4. donne
  5. béret vert
  6. bistro
  7. friperie
  8. culot
  9. marmite
  10. dans
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. Ottawa
  2. bistro
  3. cocktail
  4. donne
  5. Brazzaville
  6. Matignon
  7. selles
  8. C4
  9. flambeau
  10. Élysée

French terms whose origin involves calling a thing or concept not by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.