My love of words is such that I have a list of my favorites in both languages.
- In English: erroneous, obfuscate, particularly, obliterate, etc.
- In French: se débrouiller, oreiller, laïcité, etc.
I like these words not because of their denotations, but because of how they sound and how they feel in my mouth when I say them. There is one French word, however, that I am in love with. More than feeling nice to say, it's the word I would like to choose to describe my life if I could only choose one:
Epanouissement nm. 1. [of a flower] blooming, opening. -
2. [of an expression] brightening. -
3. [of the body] filling out -
4. [of a personality] flowering.
I am flourishing in France with no shortage of
epanouissement.
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