Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesPolylinguality and Transcultural Practices2618-897X2618-8988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)13039Research ArticleABOUT FRENCH IDIOMS IN AFRICAN VARIANTS OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGEBaghanaJ-Belgorod State National Research University15052015526026517092016Copyright © 2015, Baghana J.2015The article discusses the origin of the French phraseology in Africa. It provides an overview of the commonly spread French phraseology which strengthened in the variant of French in Africa. This article gives their semantic features that caused the transition of phraseological units of the French language of France in the category of phraseological Africanisms. The article can be used as the material for research in the field of phraseology and development issues of the African version of the French language.phraseologyAfricanismidiomsAfricathe French languageфразеологияафриканизмыфразеологизмыАфрикафранцузский язык