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The research aims to analyze the term 'bootstrap' as an anglicism and its significance in French terminology.

June 20, 2026Open Access

La place des anglicismes dans la terminologie française – l’exemple du terme bootstrap

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The research aims to analyze the term 'bootstrap' as an anglicism and its significance in French terminology.
Utilized the Sketch Engine corpus manager to identify French equivalents of the term 'bootstrap'.
Analyzed derivatives of 'bootstrap' in online texts from French Web 2020 and French Web 2023.
'Bootstrap' shows multiple meanings in both English and French, particularly in the context of the creative economy.
The article provides examples showcasing the assimilation of 'bootstrap' within French terminology through its derivatives found online.

Abstract

This article focuses on lexical borrowings into French, namely the anglicism bootstrap, which, in both the donor language (English) and recipient language (French), is polysemous, with a range of senses across various domains. The article defines a specific, specialized sense of the word, used in reference to the relatively new sphere of activity known as the creative economy. The article also outlines the process of searching for the word’s French equivalents using the Sketch Engine corpus manager. As evidence of bootstrap’s full assimilation into French terminology, the article presents examples of its derivatives in primarily online texts, using the web corpora French Web 2020 (frTenTen20) and French Web 2023 (frTenTen23).

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