French people use English words too!

Examples of English words that French people use:

Week-end

LOL, not saying elle-oh-elle, they just say loll

Chewing-gum or just ‘chewing’=how they would say gum

Email

Wifi, pronounced “wee-fee”

Bar, barman

Cool

McDrive=what the McDonald’s drive thru is called

Fan=as in to be a fan of something

Fast-food=un fast-food is a fast food restaurant

Gentleman

Hippie

Hamburger and hot dog

Leggings=tights

Magazine

Milk-shake

Muffin

OK

Parking=un parking means a parking lot

Sandwich

Skateboard

Snack

Thriller=horror film

Toast

T-shirt

Shampooing=shampoo

Short=shorts in English 

Sports and music genres have basically the same names:

boxe, ring, uppercut, swing

football (for soccer), goal, penalty, shooter, shot

basket-ball

rugby

hockey

golf, tee, club, green, put, caddie

Surf=surfing

tennis

volley-ball

handball

country

blues

gospel

jazz

rock'n'roll

rhythm and blues

soul

swing

folk or folk-song

rap

You would say...

J'aime la musique rap.=I like rap music.

Je joue au basket.=I play basketball.