The author of the paper analyses French borrowings which appeared in handwritten newspapers from 1671–1772 (are collected in the archive in Toruń). The French borrowings became common in Polish language of the XVII and XVIII centuries. The fashion for French culture, customs and style is reflected in described words which refer mostly to social life and military terms. Some of them are now old-fashioned, some have changed their meanings.
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