When to use célèbre vs fameux? Well, last week, during an online French lesson, my American student Susan was telling me about a fameux musée she had visited in San Francisco.I gently stopped her. “In French,” I explained, “we wouldn’t say fameux here.We’d say célèbre.” She smiled, a little surprised — because of course, in English, famous is the obvious […] The post Célèbre vs Fameux: The False Friend That Will Trip You Up appeared first on French Moments.
