Editing Pseudo-anglicism (section)

=== Romance ===
====French====
[[French language|French]] includes many pseudo-anglicisms, including novel compounds (''baby-foot''), specifically compounds in ''-man'' (''tennisman''), truncations (''foot''), places in ''-ing'' (''dancing'' meaning dancing-place, not the act of dancing), and a large variety of meaning shifts.<ref name="thog"/>
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* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:baby-foot|baby-foot]]}}{{sfn|Ayres-Bennett|2014|p=335}} (m, pronounced {{IPA|fr|ba.bi.fut|}}) – [[table football]]
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:baby-parc|baby-parc]]}}{{sfn|Ayres-Bennett|2014|p=335}} – playpen
* {{lang|fr|before}} – drinks in privileged company before a party, a.k.a. "pregame" (opposite of {{lang|fr|after}})
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:blind test|blind test]]}} – music quiz / 'name that tune'
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:brushing|brushing]]}} – blow-dry and styling<ref name="anderson">Matthew Anderson, "The foreign words that seem like English – but aren't", ''BBC Culture'' [https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161014-the-foreign-words-that-seem-like-english-but-arent 13 October 2016]</ref><ref name="collins-usage">''Collins le Robert French Dictionary'', 11th ed., 2020, ''s.v.'' (usage note)</ref>
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:building|building]]}} – high-rise building, tower block<ref name="anderson"/><ref name="collins">''Collins le Robert French Dictionary'', 11th ed., 2020, ''s.v.''</ref>
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:box|box]]}} – [[wifi router]] or [[parking space]]<ref name="thog"/>
* {{lang|fr|dancing}} – [[dance hall]]<ref name="thog"/>
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:dressing|dressing]]}} (noun) - walk-in closet
* {{lang|fr|flirt}} – a brief romance, flirtation, a [[boyfriend]] or [[girlfriend]]<ref name="collins"/>
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:footing|footing]]}} – jogging (though the real English word is also used in French with the same meaning)
* {{lang|fr|pressing}} – [[dry cleaning]] shop,
* {{lang|fr|rallye-paper}}{{sfn|Ayres-Bennett|2014|p=335}}  – a "[[Fox games#Fox and hounds|fox-and-hounds]]" like game, except with paper scraps instead of foxes{{sfn|Geyer|1903|p=19}}
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:recordman|recordman]]}} (m; pl: {{lang|fr|recordmans}}; f:{{lang|fr|recordwoman}}) – record holder, especially in sports
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:relooker|relooker]]}} (verb) to make over; also: {{lang|fr|relooking}} (n; masc.) – a [[makeover]]
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:scratch|scratch]]}} (noun) - velcro
* {{lang|fr|shake-hand}}{{sfn|Ayres-Bennett|2014|p=335}}
* {{lang|fr|speaker}}, {{lang|fr|speakerine}} (feminine) – radio or television [[announcer]]<ref name="thog">Clyde Thogmartin, "Some 'English' Words in French", ''The French Review'' '''57''':4:447-455 (March 1984) {{JSTOR|393310}}</ref>
* {{lang|fr|[[:fr:wikt:wheeling|wheeling]]}} – a wheelie

====Italian====
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* ''autogrill'' ({{IPA|it|autoˈɡril}})<ref>[http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/autogrill/ «Autogrill»], ''Vocabolario Treccani on line'', [[Enciclopedia Italiana|Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana]]</ref> – [[rest area]] (used for any brand, not only for [[Autogrill]] chain)
* ''beauty farm''<ref>[http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/beauty-farm/ «Beauty farm»], ''Vocabolario Treccani on line'', [[Enciclopedia Italiana|Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana]]</ref> ({{IPA|it|bjutiˈfarm}}) – [[spa]]
* The French borrowing ''[[:it:Taccuino|bloc-notes]]'' ({{IPA|fr|blɔknɔt}}) is sometimes written in the pseudo-English form ''[[:it:Taccuino|block-notes]]'' ({{IPA|it|blɔkˈnɔts|blɔkˈnotes}})<ref>[http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/tag/block-notes// «Bloc-Notes»], ''Vocabolario Treccani on line'', [[Enciclopedia Italiana|Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana]]</ref> – [[notebook]]
* ''jolly'' – the joker in a pack of cards<ref name="anderson"/><ref>Cristiano Furiassi, "How jolly is the joker? Problemi di traducibilità dei falsi anglicismi" in the ''Atti del 5° congresso di studi dell’Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata (AItLA)''. Bari, 17,18 febbraio 2005</ref>
* ''pullman'' – a bus<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=English Translation of "autobus" &#124; Collins Italian-English Dictionary |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english/autobus}}</ref>
* ''smart working'' {{IPA|it|zmartˈworking}} – [[remote work]], where "smart" is used referring to other devices with an Internet connection, such as [[smartphone]]s and [[smartwatch]]es.
* ''water'' ({{IPA|it|vater}}) - [[flush toilet]] (from English ''water closet'')

==== Portuguese ====

* ''outdoor'' ''–'' [[billboard]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outdoor |url=https://www.dicio.com.br/outdoor/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Dicio, Dicionário Online de Português |language=pt-br}}</ref>
* ''home office'' ''-'' [[work from home]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Office |url=https://www.dicio.com.br/home-office/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Dicio, Dicionário Online de Português |language=pt-br}}</ref>
* ''shopping'' ''-'' [[shopping mall]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shopping |url=https://www.dicio.com.br/shopping/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Dicio, Dicionário Online de Português |language=pt-br}}</ref>