fin de siecle

== English == === Etymology === One of many instances of the tendency in English not to bother using the original diacritics on loanwords; other examples include cafe, naivete, resume, and deja vu. Further encouraged by the fact that keyboard layouts used by English speakers require extra keystrokes to produce diacritics. === Adjective === fin de siecle (not comparable) Alternative spelling of fin de siècle.