French

French is the official language of France and many other countries. Howard claims to speak French.


 * He greets Penny with "enchanté, mademoiselle" (nice to meet you, miss ), and wishes her "bonne douche" (good shower) in The Pilot.


 * He greets Christy Vanderbel with "bonjour, mademoiselle" (Goodday, miss) in The Dumpling Paradox (S1E07).


 * In The Loobenfeld Decay, Toby Loobenfeld can also use French phrase:

(Leonard walk into the kitchen to find Toby

Toby: Morning. Leonard: Who are you? Toby: I am Sheldon's cousin Leo. Leonard: Oh, god! Sheldon does not have a cousin Leo. Toby: Au contraire (on the contrary). I'm 26 years old, ...


 * He tells Missy Cooper she would be "très drôle" (very funny) in The Pork Chop Indeterminacy (S1E15).


 * In The Bad Fish Paradigm (S2E01) he enters the apartment with the question "Qu'est-ce que 'sup" (probably intending to ask "what's up?" since "qu'est-ce que" translates to "what is").


 * In The Hofstadter Isotope (S2E20), Sheldon also seems to know at least some phrases as revealed in a dialogue with Stuart :

Stuart: OK, you can throw all the French words you want, it doesn’t make you right.

"Sheldon: Au contraire (on the contrary)."


 * In The Hawking Excitation (S5E21) he mocks Sheldon with French when he asks the latter to show up in the cafeteria in the French maiden costume:

Howard: Next, this is a sexy french maid costume I brought for Bernadette, I thought it might spice things up and get her to dust my room at the same time. I was wrong and really wrong.

Sheldon: And you want me to return it for you. Howard: No, no, no, mon petit cherie (literaly: my little dear).