Here’s the story of French nouns that were originally the last name of the person who invented them:<\/p>\n
Part 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201c La Guillotine\u201d<\/strong> is a machine designed to chop the head. It was invented by Doctor Joseph Guillotin to shorten the agony of the people sentenced to the death penalty.<\/p>\n \u201c Le Kir\u201d<\/strong> is a social drink made of blackberry syrup and white wine that became very popular. It\u00a0 was invented by a clergyman named Felix Kir.<\/p>\n \u201cUne mansarde\u201d<\/strong> is a space created under the roof of a house as an additional room (such as an attic). Its name comes from Francois Mansart, the French architect who invented the two slides roof at the XVIIth century.<\/p>\n \u201cUn massicot\u201d<\/strong> is a machine designed to cut paper. This tool is used all over the world. The mechanic who set it up it in 1840 was named Guillaume Massicot.<\/p>\n \u201cUne mongolfiere\u201d<\/strong> is an air balloon. It\u00a0 was invented by two brothers called Montgolfier in 1783.<\/p>\n The origin of \u201cLa nicotine\u201d<\/strong> is the name of the French ambassador in Portugal named Jean Nicot. He imported tobacco in France in 1559 which was called at this time \u201cNicot\u2019s herb\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cUn opinel\u201d<\/strong> is a very popular pocket knife in France. It\u2019s a foldaing one, the style of which was created by Joseph Opinel.<\/p>\n \u201cUn hachis parmentier\u201d<\/strong> is a French recipe of oven cooked mashed potatoes and ground beef. This dish has been name in honor of Antoine Parmentier, a French agronomist who introduced the potato to France. Antoine Parmentier became so famous thanks to his discovery, that he belongs to the happy few whose name has also been given to a Parisian subway stop.<\/p>\n \u201cUne piplette\u201d<\/strong> is a person who LOVES small talk. This noun comes from the name of \u201cPipelet,\u201d the main character of a play called \u201cParis\u2019 Mysteries\u201d\u00a0 by Eugene Sue.<\/p>\n \u201cUne poubelle\u201d<\/strong> (which means a trash container) is the name of the Governor of Paris, Eugene Poubelle, who made the decision that the Parisian would collect their garbage in containers during the XIXth century, rather than throwing everything in the street.<\/p>\n \u201cLe rimmel\u201d<\/strong> is commonly used to speak about mascara in France. This is because this make up product has been invented by a French chemist in 1880. Since then, the brand became American and offers a full range of make up products.<\/p>\n \u201cUne silhouette\u201d<\/strong> is a sketch representing roughly a person or an object. This name comes from Etienne de Silhouette who was a hated Federal Controller of Finance in France at the XVIIIth century. Everybody would like to mock him by drawing his picture as a caricature.<\/p>\n \u201cUn strass\u201d<\/strong> is a fake diamond used to design cheap jewelry. It\u00a0 was invented by Georges Frederic Strass King,\u00a0 Louis the 15th\u2019s jeweler, during the\u00a0 XVIIIth century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s the story of French nouns that were originally the last name of the person who invented them: Part 2: \u201c La Guillotine\u201d is a machine designed to chop the head. It was invented by Doctor Joseph Guillotin to shorten the agony of the people sentenced to the death penalty. \u201c Le Kir\u201d is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[15,28,36,59,67,83],"tags":[340,369,445,543,676,688],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/part2.jpg?fit=688%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kt18-CC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2370,"url":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/arts-media\/do-you-know-that-many-objects-are-named-after-their-inventor\/","url_meta":{"origin":2394,"position":0},"title":"Do you know that many objects are named after their inventor? – Part 1","date":"April 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here the two fold story of the French nouns that were originally the last name of the person who invented them: Part 1: \u201cUn Amphitryon\u201d can be used in a very formal language as \u201ca host who receives guests for diner\u201d. 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