The French language does not tend to include among native Words those whose spelling begins with the letter w. A Word so spelled functions to alert French language-speakers and students of the English or Germanic origins of the loan Word in question. Examples include wagon-citerne ("tank car"), wagon-lit ("sleeping-car"), wagon-poste ("mail-car"), wagon-restaurant ("diner," "dining-car"), wallon ("southern Belgian," "Walloon"), Wallonie ("southern Belgium," "Wallonia"), week-end, and Westphalie ("Westphalia").
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