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Romance language, official in 29 states, including France, Belgium and Côte d'Ivoire. For non-linguistic questions about the French language, visit our sister site French Language Stack Exchange.

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Evidence that ø and œ are separate phonemes in French?

clearly not productive anymore. addendum #1: as you said, the opposition exists between closed syllables (/vœf/ "veuf") and open syllables (/vø/ "vœu") addendum #2 : by the way /œ/ is sometimes the way French
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How do we get from Greek τρόπος to French trouver?

The word is attested in French from the tenth century (in the Saint-Léger poem, v. 100) with the meaning "~ invent, meet by chance", hence the modern meanings. …
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