Thematic groups of French international lexical units in English

Ilina I. N.

This article deals with French international words in English. International vocabulary is considered to be the lexical units that exist in three or more non-related languages. One of the sources of this kind of vocabulary in various European languages, including English, was French. In linguistics, there are a large number of classifications of word and one of them is thematic groups. According to the results of our research, the largest group of international words of French origin in English was the group "Human being."

Keywords:international lexical units; borrowing; French language; English language; thematic groups