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Video Game: Opération La Défense

Anglicisms are invading the skies over Paris. Shoot down "hashtag," "chatbot" and "fake news" with the official French words the government created to replace them. How many of the 226 terms from its FranceTerme database do you know?

About the game: All 226 terms come from FranceTerme, the official database of recommended French terms published by the ministère de la Culture (data as of March 2026, Licence Ouverte). Explore the full list of new French words.

How to play: Pick the right French term (or press 1, 2, 3). Every third wave a boss arrives that you hit three times: choose, type, then say it.

Turn on 🎙️ Mode Académicien to fire by voice for double points (works best in Chrome). If 🎙️ Mode Académicien doesn't work, just click the right bubble again.

Use ⛶ Plein écran for a bigger screen.

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