The culture-linguistic relations between Indonesian and French were conducted through Dutch, as evident in Indonesian loanwords from French that mainly political or military terms, such as kudeta (from coup d'état), legiun (from légion) and letnan (from lieutenant).
Hubungan budaya linguistik antara Indonesia dan Prancis melalui perantara Belanda, seperti terlihat dalam kata-kata serapan dalam bahasa Indonesia dari Bahasa Prancis, yang kebanyakan merupakan istilah politik atau militer, seperti "kudeta" (dari coup d'état), "legiun" (dari légion) and "letnan" (dari lieutenant).