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Gourcuff
Gourcuff or Gourkuñv also associated to Corcuff is a surname, and may refer to; ''Gourkuñv'' derives from ''gour'' and ''kuñv'' which means a charming, affable, gentle or conciliatory man in Breton language, Breton. Like for the surname ''Le Hénaff, Henaff'', the Digraph (orthography), digraph ''-ff'' was introduced by Middle Ages' authors to indicate a nasalization, nasalized vowel. *Christian Gourcuff (born 1955), French football manager *Guillaume de Gourcuff, Breton noble who participated in the Sixth Crusade. His name is mentioned in the third Salle des Croisades. *Laurent de Gourcuff (born 1976 or 1977), French businessman *Marguerite de Gourcuff aka Daisy de Galard, French journalist *Yoann Gourcuff (born 1986), French footballer References {{Reflist Breton-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoann Gourcuff
Yoann Miguel Gourcuff (born 11 July 1986) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. He could also be utilized as a Second striker, withdrawn striker; he was described as a "playmaker of real quality", "an accomplished passer of the ball". He was widely characterized as one of the most promising French youth talents of his generation. His talent, playing style, tenacity on the pitch, technical skills, as well as precocious ability have drawn comparisons to Zinedine Zidane. Yoann Gourcuff is the son of Christian Gourcuff. In 2001, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined Stade Rennais F.C., Rennes. After progressing through the youth ranks and making the senior team, Gourcuff quickly became a fan favorite among supporters and his individual achievements soon led to interest from clubs abroad, which resulted in a move to Italian club AC Milan. he achieved many club honours despite not being able to break in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent De Gourcuff
Laurent de Gourcuff (born 1976 or 1977) , '' Les Echos'', 1 February 2018 is a French businessman, the founder of the hospitality company Paris Society. Early life and education The de Gourcuffs are a noble family, originally from . Laurent de Gourcuff was born in |
Christian Gourcuff
Christian Jean Gourcuff (born 5 April 1955) is a French former professional football player and manager. He spent a majority of his managerial career at Lorient, where he was the head coach for 25 years across three different spells. Club career During his playing career, Gourcuff played for Rennais, US Berné, Guingamp, Rouen, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lorient, Le Mans and Montreal Supra. International career Gourcuff played one match for the Brittany regional team in 1988. It was an indoor game against the United States, and the final score was 6–2 in favor of Brittany. Managerial career Becoming a player-manager at the age of 27, Gourcuff coached Lorient, Le Mans, Pont-l'Abbé, Stade Rennais and Al-Ittihad. On 4 August 2014, Gourcuff was officially unveiled as the new head coach of the Algeria national team, taking over the vacant spot left by the departure of Vahid Halilhodžić. On 3 February 2015, Gourcuff was given a new deal despite Algeria's quarter-final exit at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Hénaff
Le Hénaff (modern orthography Henañ) is a surname of Breton origin meaning ''the elder''. Like for the surname '' Heussaff'' or ''Gourcuff'', the digraph ''-ff'' was introduced by Middle Ages' authors to indicate a nasalized vowel. It may refer to any the following people: * Anne Le Hénanff (born 1969), French politician * René Le Hénaff (1901–2005), French film editor and director * Cédric Le Hénaff (born 1984), French football player * (1914–1944), French resistant See also * Jean-Jacques Hénaff, French CEO of a Pâté company * Eugène Hénaff (1904–1966), French politician * Jeannine Henaff (born 1936), French electrical engineer *Marcel Hénaff Marcel Hénaff (July 21, 1942 – June 11, 2018) was a French philosopher and anthropologist. He taught at the Collège international de philosophie and the University of California, San Diego. He was the author of several books, including two abo ... (1942–2018), French philosopher and anthropologist *, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy De Galard
Daisy de Galard (4 November 1929 – 6 January 2007) was a French journalist and television producer. After graduating from the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris, when it was uncommon for a female to be a journalist, De Galard was hired by Hélène Gordon-Lazareff to work for ''Elle'' magazine. She was the editor from 1972 to 1975. De Galard also created the television show ''Dim Dam Dom''. She was a board member of National Commission for Communication and Liberties from 1986 to 1989 and then Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel from 1989 to 1995. In 1978, De Galard was awarded the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl .... References 1929 births 2007 deaths École supérieure de journalisme de Paris alumni French television produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breton Language
Breton (, , ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic languages, Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albeit as a member of the Insular Celtic languages, insular branch instead of the extinct Continental Celtic languages, continental grouping. Breton was brought from Great Britain to Armorica (the ancient name for the coastal region that includes the Brittany peninsula) by migrating Britons (Celtic people), Britons during the Early Middle Ages, making it an Insular Celtic language. Breton is most closely related to Cornish language, Cornish, another Southwestern Brittonic language. Welsh language, Welsh and the extinct Cumbric language, Cumbric, both Western Brittonic languages, are more distantly related, and the Goidelic languages (Irish language, Irish, Manx language, Manx, Scottish Gaelic) have a slight connection due to both of their origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digraph (orthography)
A digraph () or digram is a pair of character (symbol), characters used in the orthography of a language to write either a single phoneme (distinct sound), or a sequence of phonemes that does not correspond to the normal values of the two characters combined. Some digraphs represent phonemes that cannot be represented with a single character in the writing system of a language, like in Spanish ''chico'' and ''ocho''. Other digraphs represent phonemes that can also be represented by single characters. A digraph that shares its pronunciation with a single character may be a relic from an earlier period of the language when the digraph had a different pronunciation, or may represent a distinction that is made only in certain dialects, like the English . Some such digraphs are used for purely etymology, etymological reasons, like in French. In some orthographies, digraphs (and occasionally trigraph (orthography), trigraphs) are considered individual letter (alphabet), letters, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasalization
In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation in British English) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is . In the International Phonetic Alphabet, nasalization is indicated by printing a tilde diacritic above the symbol for the sound to be nasalized: is the nasalized equivalent of , and is the nasalized equivalent of . A subscript diacritic , called an or , is sometimes seen, especially when the vowel bears tone marks that would interfere with the superscript tilde. For example, are more legible in most fonts than . Nasal vowels Many languages have nasal vowels to different degrees, but only a minority of world languages around the world have nasal vowels as contrasting phonemes. That is the case, among others, of French, Portuguese, Hindustani, Nepali, Breton, Gheg Albanian, Hmong, Hokkien, Yoruba, and Cherokee. Those nasal vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume De Gourcuff ()
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Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname), the French equivalent of Williams Places * Guillaume (crater), Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System * Guillaumes, Vence, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; a commune Other uses * Saint-Guillaume (other) See also * ''Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War espionage scandal that led to the resignation of West German Chancellor Willi Brandt * * William (other) William is a masculine given name. William may also refer to: People * List of people named William, a list of people with the given name * King William (other), lists various kings named ''William'' * Prince William (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Crusade
The Sixth Crusade (1228–1229), also known as the Crusade of Frederick II, was a military expedition to recapture Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land. It began seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade and involved very little actual fighting. The diplomatic maneuvering of the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, resulted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem regaining some control over Jerusalem for much of the ensuing fifteen years as well as over other areas of the Holy Land. Western Europe after the Fifth Crusade The Fifth Crusade ended in 1221, having failed to gain any more influence in the Near East. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, never joined the campaign, despite his vow to do so. The forces he sent to Egypt arrived too late to make a difference in the debacle, partially due to the lack of effective leadership. They would have to wait for many more years for Frederick's actions. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salle Des Croisades
The ''Salles des Croisades'' ("Hall of Crusades") is a set of rooms located in the north wing of the Palace of Versailles. The rooms were created in the mid-19th century by King Louis-Philippe for his museum of French history, and opened in 1843, at a time when France was seized with enthusiasm with its historical past, and especially the Crusades period. The rooms are filled with over 120 paintings related to the Crusades. King Louis-Philippe included the names of the thousands of family whose ancestors went to the Crusades, encouraging many forgeries at that time. First room paintings Second room paintings Third room paintings Fourth room paintings Fifth room paintings Gallery File:Jacques de Molay Grand Maitre de l Ordre du Temple prend Jerusalem 1299.jpg, ''Jacques de Molay, Grand Maître de l'Ordre du Temple, prend Jerusalem (1099)'' by Claudius Jacquand File:Levee du Siege de Malte by Charles Philippe Lariviere 1798 1876.jpg, '' Levée du Siège de Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
