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Académie française
(Acad|émie fran|çaise)
Pronunciation:
/əˌkadəmiː frɒ̃ˈseɪz, akademi fʀɑ̃sɛz/
a French literary academy responsible for the standard form of the French language and for compiling and revising a definitive dictionary of the French language.
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