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Etymology
en :inh enm:Frensch 1
en enm Frenche, enm Frensch, enm Frensc, enm Frenshe, enm Frenk, enm Franche, from en ang Frenċisċ Frankish, French, from en gmw-pro *Frankisk Frankish
1 en 0 cognates and miscellany en Frankish; en Francis Franz Francisco 1, which are derived from en la-lat Franciscus equivalent to en Frank -ish 1 (compare en Frankish). Cognate with gml vranksch, gml frenkisch, gml vrenkesch, gml vrenksch Frankish, French, gmh vrenkisch, gmh vrensch "Frankish, Franconian; > de fränkisch Frankish, Franconian, da fransk French, sv fransk, sv fransysk French, is franska French. In reference to vulgar language, from expressions such as en pardon my French in the early 19th century, originally in reference to actual (but often mildly impolite) French expressions by the upper class, subsequently adopted ironically by the lower class for English curse words under the charitable conceit that the listener would not be familiar with them. In reference to vermouth, a shortened form of en French vermouth, distinguished as usually being drier than Italian vermouth.
Pronunciation
en /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/ RP,GA
en /fɹɪ̟nt͡ʃ/ pin-pen merger
en en-us-French.ogg US
en ɛntʃ 1
en French
Proper noun
L991466
~ +
en Q150en chiefly _ uncountable The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.
en mul:fr<id:Q150> mul:fre<id:Q150><qq:symbols>
en She speaks French.
c. 1390, Robert Grosseteste, translating Chateau d'Amour as The Castle of Love, ll. 25 ff.:
Ne mowe we alle Latin wite...Ne French...
1533, Thomas More, The Debellacyon of Salem & Bizance, fol. 96:
I... wolde also be bolde in such french as is peculiare to the lawys of this realme, to leue it wyth them in wrytynge to.
13 I could speak but little French.
en 1991 Michael Clyne Pluricentric Languages: Differing Norms in Different Nations Walter de Gruyter 9783110888140 169 Thus, complementary to the French of France, the Quebecois (and in a lesser degree the Frenches of Africa, Swiss French, etc.) would constitute languages in their own right.
en 1997 Albert Valdman French and Creole in Louisiana 29 Almost three quarters of the population 65 and older reported speaking French.
en 2004 Jack Flam Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship 18 Although he would spend the rest of his life in France, Picasso never mastered the language, and during those early years he was especially self-conscious about how bad his French was.
en 2013 Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Language and Culture in Medieval Britain: The French of England, C.1100-c.1500 Boydell & Brewer Ltd 9781903153475 361 The Frenches of England remain as working languages in the different registers of various occupational communities and for particular social rituals. Beyond the fifteenth century, French is a much less substantial presence in England, though
en 2023 Laws of Chess https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 2022 21 w:FIDE For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended. https://web.archive.org/web/20250316122506/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf
en uncountable The ability of a person to communicate in French.
en My French is a little rusty.
1742 April 4, R. West, letter to Thomas Gray:
[Racine's] language is the language of the times, and that of the purest sort; so that his French is reckoned a standard.
en uncountable French language and literature as an object of study.
en I'm taking French next semester.
en vulgar language en uncountable euphemistic now _ often _ ironic Vulgar language.
en Pardon my French.
en 1845 Edward Jerningham Wakefield Adventure in New Zealand I 327 The enraged headsman spares no 'bad French in explaining his motives.
1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off':
Cameron: Pardon my French, but you're an asshole!
en May 29 2005 New York Times Book Review 12 The book... is a welcome change from theory-infected academic discourse, pardon my French.
en countable en ethnonyms.
en Dawn French.
en Jason Wilson Like father like son? What conservatives are writing about Donald Trump Jr w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/14/conservative-news-donald-trump-jr-russia 2017-07-14 David French was a high profile #nevertrump conservative who even toyed with running for president against him. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322051421/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/14/conservative-news-donald-trump-jr-russia
Derived terms
en Acadian French Anglo-French Cajun French Canadian French excuse my French forgive my French French and English French artichoke Frenchburg French-esque French Park French telephone Frenchville French Haitian French Louisiana French Métis French Middle French Missouri French Modern French Muskrat French New England French Newfoundland French Norman French Old French pardon my French Paw Paw French Quebec French Saint-Barthélemy French Saint Pierre and Miquelon French Swiss French
Descendants
1 ase 9@InsideNeckhigh-PalmDown 9@SideNeckhigh-PalmUp
1 cho Filanchi
1 pa ਫ਼੍ਰੈਂਚ
1 tum Cifurenci
1 zu isiFulentshi
Translations
principal language of France and other related countries
Afrikaans: af Frans
Akan: ak Frɛnkye
Albanian: sq gjuha frënge f, sq gjuha franceze f, sq frëngjisht, sq frëngjishte
American Sign Language: ase F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist
Amharic: am ፈረንሳይኛ
Antillean Creole: gcf fransé, gcf fwansé
Arabic: ar الفَرَنْسِيَّة f, ar اللُّغَة الفَرَنْسِيَّة f al-luḡa l-faransiyya, ar فَرَنْسِيّ m colloquial, ar الفَرَنْسَاوِيَّة f, ar اللُّغَة الفَرَنْسَاوِيَّة f al-luḡa l-faransāwiyya, ar فَرَنْسَاوِيّ m colloquial
Egyptian Arabic: arz فرنساوي m faransāwi
Hijazi Arabic: acw فرنسي faransi
Moroccan Arabic: ary فرنساوية fransāwiyya
South Levantine Arabic: ajp فرنساوي m fransāwi, ajp فرنسي m fransi
Tunisian Arabic: aeb فْرُنْسِي frõse
Aragonese: an francés m
Aramaic:
Hebrew script: arc פרנסיא pransāya’ m
Syriac: arc ܦܪܢܣܝܐ pransāya’ m
Armenian: hy ֆրանսերեն
Assamese: as ফৰাচী ভাষা
Asturian: ast francés m
Azerbaijani: az Fransız dili
Bambara: bm Faransekan
Banjarese: bjn bahasa Parancis
Basque: eu frantses
Belarusian: be францу́зская мо́ва f
Bengali: bn ফরাসি ভাষা
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Pranses
Breton: br galleg m
Bulgarian: bg фре́нски ези́к m, bg фре́нски m
Burmese: my ပြင်သစ်စကား
Catalan: ca francès m
Valencian: ca francés m
Cebuano: ceb Prinanses
Chechen: ce перенгийн мотт, ce французийн мотт
Cherokee: chr ᎦᎸᏥ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 法文 faat3 man4-2
Dungan: dng файү
Eastern Min: cdo 法語 Huák-ngṳ̄
Hakka: hak 法文 Fap-vùn
Hokkien: nan-hbl 法語 Hoat-gí
Mandarin: cmn 法語 fǎyǔ spoken; cmn 法文 fǎwén written
Chuvash: cv хрантус archaic
Cornish: kw Frynkek m, kw Frenkek m Revived Late Cornish
Corsican: co francese
Cree: cr ᐅᐱᔥᑎᑯᔮᐅᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
Czech: cs francouzština f, cs francouzský jazyk m
Danish: da fransk n
Dhivehi: dv ފަރަންސޭސި
Dutch: nl Frans n
East Futuna: fud fakafalani
Esperanto: eo franca, eo franca lingvo
Estonian: et prantsuse keel
Ewe: ee Fransegbe n
Extremaduran: ext francés m
Fala: fax francés
Farefare: gur Fãrenne, gur Fãrene
Faroese: fo franskt n
Finnish: fi ranska, fi ranskan kieli
Franco-Provençal: frp Francês
French: fr français m, fr langue française f
Middle French: frm françoys m
Old French: fro françois m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Frânsk n
Friulian: fur francês
Galician: gl francés m
Gallo: roa-gal fraunceiz m
Georgian: ka ფრანგული, ka ფრანგული ენა
German: de Französisch n
Bavarian: bar Franzesisch
Greek: el γαλλικά n-p
Greenlandic: kl franskisut
Gujarati: gu ફ્રાન્સીસી f
Haitian Creole: ht lang franse, ht fransè
Hausa: ha Faransanci, ha Turanci Niger
Hawaiian: haw ʻōlelo haw Palani
Hebrew: he צרפתית f tsarfatít
Hindi: hi फ़्रांसीसी f
Hungarian: hu francia
Hunsrik: hrx Franzeesisch n
Icelandic: is franska f
Ido: io Franciana
Ilocano: ilo Frances
Indonesian: id bahasa Perancis
Interlingua: ia francese
Inuktitut: iu ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᑦ, iu ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᓪᓗ
Irish: ga Fraincis f
Italian: it francese m
Japanese: ja フランス語 フランスご, furansugo, ja 仏語 ふつご, futsugo
Javanese: jv basa Prancis
Kannada: kn ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್
Khmer: km ភាសាបារាំង pīăsā baarung
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: kpv Франция кыв
Kongo: kg Kifalanse
Korean: ko 프랑스어, ko 불어(佛語)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb فەرەنساوی
Northern Kurdish: kmr zimanê fransî, kmr frensî, kmr ferensayî
Kyrgyz: ky франсузча
Ladin: lld franzëus m
Ladino: lad lingua Fransesa f
Lao: lo ພາສາຝະລັ່ງ
Latin: la lingua Francogallica f (la lingua francogallica f)
Latvian: lv franču valoda
Ligurian: lij lengua françèise f
Limburgish: li Frans
Lingala: ln lifalansé
Lithuanian: lt prancūzų kalba
Lombard: lmo françes
Louisiana Creole: lou françé m, lou fransé m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Frans
German Low German: nds-de Franzöösch n
Luxembourgish: lb Franséisch n
Macedonian: mk француски јазик m
Malay: ms bahasa Perancis, ms Perancis
Malayalam: ml ഫ്രഞ്ച് ഭാഷ
Maltese: il-mt Franċiż
Manx: gv Frangish m
Māori: mi reo Wīwī
Mapudungun: arn fransia dungun
Marathi: mr फ्रेंच
Mingrelian: xmf ფრანგული ნინა
Mirandese: mwl francés m
Moksha: mdf Кранцонь кяль
Mongolian: mn франц хэл
Moore: mos fãrende
Nahuatl: nah Francitlahtōlli
Navajo: nv Dáághahii bizaad
Neapolitan: nap franzese
Nepali: ne फ्रान्सेली भाषा
Norman: nrf Fraunceis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb fransk m
Nynorsk: nn fransk m
Occitan: oc francés m
Ojibwe: oj wemitigoozhiimowin
Old English: ang Frenċisċ n
Old Norse: non
Ossetian: os францусаг ӕвзаг
Ottawa: otw Wemtigoozhiimwin
Pashto: ps فرانسوي
Persian: fa فرانسوی farânsavi
Picard: pcd franchoés m, pcd frinsé m
Piedmontese: pms fransèis m
Polish: (język) pl francuski, pl francuszczyzna f
Portuguese: pt francês m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ
Shahmukhi: pa فرانسیسی frānsīsī
Rade: rad klei Prăng
Romanian: ro franceză, ro limba franceză f, ro franțuzește (lit. = in French)
Romansh: rm lingua franzosa f
Russian: ru францу́зский язы́к m, ru францу́зский m
Sami:
Inari Sami: smn Ranskakielâ
Northern Sami: se fránskkagiella
Sango: sg farânzi
Scots: sco French
Scottish Gaelic: gd Fraingis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh француски m
Latin: sh francuski m
Sindhi: sd فرانسيسي فِرانسِيسِي firansīsī
Sinhalese: si ප්රංශ, si ප්රංශ භාෂාව
Slovak: sk francúzština f, sk francúzsky jazyk m
Slovene: sl francóščina f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb francojska rěc, dsb francojšćina f
Upper Sorbian: hsb francošćina
Sotho: st Se-french
Spanish: es francés m
Sranan Tongo: srn Franstongo
Swahili: sw Kifaransa
Swazi: ss SíFulentji
Swedish: sv franska c
Sylheti: syl ꠚꠞꠣꠍꠤ ꠝꠣꠔ
Tagalog: tl Pranses
Tajik: tg фаронсавӣ, tg забони фаронсавӣ
Tamil: ta ஃப்ரெஞ்ச், ta பிரெஞ்சு, ta பிரஞ்சு
Tarifit: rif Tafransist
Telugu: te ఫ్రెంచి, te ఫ్రెంచ్
Thai: th ภาษาฝรั่งเศส paa-sǎa fà-ràng-sèet
Tigrinya: ti ፈረንሳይኛ
Tumbuka: tum Cifurenci 7
Turkish: tr Fransızca
Turkmen: tk fransuz dili
Ukrainian: uk французька мова f, uk французька f
Urdu: ur فرانسیسی زبان f frā̃sīsī zabān, ur فرانسیسی f frā̃sīsī
Uyghur: ug فرانسۇزچە
Uzbek: uz fransuzcha
Venetan: vec fransexe m
Veps: vep Francijan kel'
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Pháp, vi Pháp ngữ
Volapük: vo Fransänapük, vo Flentapük
Wallisian: wls fakafalani
Walloon: wa Francès
Welsh: cy Ffrangeg f
Yiddish: yi פֿראַנצייזיש n
Yoruba: yo èdè Faran̄sé
Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Franski
Zealandic: zea Frans
Zulu: zu isiFulentshi c7
vulgar language obsenity profanity
Greek: el Γαλλικά n-p
See also
fr
Noun
~ * +
en chiefly _ collective and in the plural The people of France; groups of French people.
en The Hundred Years' War was fought between the English and the French.
en Under the Fourth Republic, more and more French unionized.
en 1579 Francesco Guicciardini as Geoffrey Fenton The Historie of Guicciardin 378 to breake the necke of the wicked purposes & plots of the French
en 1653 Thomas Urquhart François Rabelais Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais I 214 Such is the nature and complexion of the frenches, that they are worth nothing, but at the first push.
en 2002 Jeremy Thornton The French and Indian War 14 On the way, scouts reported that some French were heading toward them across the ice.
en Ashifa Kassam How remigration became a buzzword for global far right w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/how-remigration-became-a-buzzword-for-europes-far-right 2024-10-03 While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration. https://web.archive.org/web/20250306122822/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/how-remigration-became-a-buzzword-for-europes-far-right
en uncountable dated _ slang sex en oral sex, especially fellatio.
en 1916 Henry Nathaniel Cary The Slang of Venery and Its Analogues I https://archive.org/details/slangofveneryits01cary/page/n209/mode/2up 94 French-- to do the French--Cocksucking; and, inversely, to tongue a woman.
en 1968 Bill Turner Sex Trap 64 You can be whipped or caned... or you can have French for another pound.
en 1986-05-06 w:Semper Floreat 34 Always use condoms with Greek (anal intercourse), straight sex (vaginal intercourse, fucking), French (oral sex).
en 1996-10-13 Observer 25 ‘French’—still used by prostitutes as a term for oral sex.
en Q26877423 en chiefly _ uncountable dated _ slang en French vermouth<id:Q26877423> a type of dry vermouth.
en 1930 Ethel Mannin Confessions & Impressions 177 Tearle replied that gin-and-French and virginian cigarettes would do for him.
en 1967 Michael Francis Gilbert The Dust & the Heat 14 He was drinking double gins with single Frenches in them.
en countable NNSE A French person.
Usage notes
The use of the plural form Frenches occurred in early modern English but is only exceptionally encountered in contemporary English. As with other collective demonyms, French'' is preceded by the definite article or some other determiner when referring to the people of France collectively.
Derived terms
en gin and French
Descendants
zu iFulentshi 1
Translations
people of France, collectively
Alabama: akz falànchi
American Sign Language: ase F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist
Arabic: ar فَرَنْسِيُّونَ p
Moroccan Arabic: ary فرنساويين fransāwiyīn, ary فرنسيس fransīs
Tunisian Arabic: (singular) aeb فْرَنْسَاوِي(ة) fransāwi(yyə), (plural) aeb فْرَنْسِيسْ fransīs
Aragonese: an franceses m-p
Aramaic:
Hebrew script: arc פרנסיא pransāyé m
Syriac: arc ܦܪܢܣܝܐ pransāyé m
Armenian: hy ֆրանսիացիները p
Assamese: as ফৰাচী
Asturian: ast franceses m-p
Belarusian: be францу́зы m-p
Bengali: bn ফরাসি
Breton: br Gallaoued p, br Frañsizien p
Bulgarian: bg францу́зи m-p
Catalan: els ca francesos m-p
Chechen: ce францхо, ce француз
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏂᎦᎸᏥ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法國人 Fǎguórén; cmn 法蘭西人 Fǎlánxīrén poetically; cmn 法蘭西民族 Fǎlánxī mínzú
Czech: cs Francouzi m-p
Danish: da franskmænd m-p
Dutch: nl Fransen p, pejorative nl fransozen p
Esperanto: (la) francoj
Estonian: et prantslased p
Ewe: ee Fransetɔwo p
Finnish: fi ranskalainen p ranskalaiset
French: fr français m, fr Français p
Middle French: frm Françoys m-p
Old French: fro François m-p
Frisian:
West Frisian: (de) Frânsen p
Galician: gl franceses m-p
Georgian: ka ფრანგები
German: de Franzose die Franzosen m-p
Greek: el Γάλλοι m-p
Gujarati: gu ફ્રાન્સીસી
Hebrew: he צרפתים tsarfatím
Hindi: hi फ़्रांसीसी
Hungarian: hu franciák p
Icelandic: is Frakki Frakkar m-p
Ido: io Franciani p
Ilocano: ilo Frances
Indonesian: id orang Perancis
Interlingua: ia franceses p
Italian: it francese i francesi m-p
Japanese: ja フランス人 フランスじん, furansujin, ja 仏人 ふつじん, futsujin
Korean: ko 프랑스인, ko 프랑스 사람, ko 불인(佛人)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr fransî p
Latin: la Galli m-p, la Francogalli m-p
Latvian: lv franči
Lithuanian: lt prancūzai
Malay: ms orang Perancis, ms Perancis
Maltese: mt Franċiżi
Marathi: mr फ्रेंच
Middle Mongol: xng ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠨᠺᠺᠤᠳ p, xng ᠸᠢᠷᠠᠨᠺᠺᠤᠳ p
Mirandese: mwl franceses m-p
Mongolian: mn францчууд p, mn франц үндэстэн
Navajo: nv Dáághahii dineʼé
Norwegian: no franskmenn m-p
Occitan: oc franceses m-p
Ojibwe: oj Wemitigoozhi, oj Wemitigoozhiwag p, oj Wemitigoozhikwe f, oj Wemitigoozhikweg f-p
Old Tupi: tpw Maíra
Ottawa: otw Wemtigoozhii, otw Wemtigoozhiig p, otw Wemtigoozhiikwe f, otw Wemtigoozhiikweg f-p
Persian: fa فرانسویان farânsaviyân
Polish: pl Francuzi m-pr-p
Portuguese: pt franceses m-p
Punjabi: pa ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ frānsīsī
Romanian: ro francezi m-p
Russian: ru францу́зы m-p
Scottish Gaelic: gd na Frangaich m-p
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh французи m-p
Latin: sh francuzi m-p
Slovene: sl Francózi m-p, sl Francózinje f-p
Spanish: es franceses m-p
Swedish: sv fransman fransmän, sv fransos fransoser
Tagalog: tl Pranses
Tamil: ta பிரஞ்சு மக்கள், ta பிரெஞ்சு மக்கள்
Telugu: te పరాసులు
Thai: th ชาวฝรั่งเศส chaao fà-ràng-sèet
Turkish: tr Fransızlar p
Ukrainian: uk францу́зи m-p
Urdu: ur فرانسیسی frā̃sīsī
Venetan: vec fransexe m f
Vietnamese: vi người Pháp
Yoruba: yo ọmọ ilẹ̀ Faran̄sé, yo ará Faran̄sé
Bashkir: ba Франк теле
Chuvash: cv франци чӗлхи
Corsican: co lingua francese
Crimean Tatar: crh Frenk tili
Emiliano-Romagnolo: Francês
Extremaduran: ext luenga francesa
Friulian: fur lenghe francese
German:
Bavarian: bar französische Sproch
Ido: io Franciana linguo
Low German: nds franzöösche Spraak
Malagasy: mg fiteny frantsay
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: nn fransk språk
Quechua: qu phransya simi
Samogitian: sgs prancūzu kalba
Sardinian: sc limba frantzesa
Sicilian: scn lingua francisa
Slovak: sk francúzština
Tahitian: ty reo farāni
Thai: th ชาวฝรั่งเศส
Tok Pisin: tpi tok Pranis
Turkmen: tk Fransuz dili
Uzbek: uz Fransuz tili
Adjective
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thumb|The French national football team
Of or relating to France.
en the French border with Italy
en 1978 Kołakowski Leszek Leszek Kołakowski w:Main Currents of Marxism I: The Founders pl Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie P[aul] S[teven] Falla 1976 w:Clarendon Press w:Oxford 9780198245476 181789472 87 The religious interpretation of socialism and the conception of a new epoch as the fulfilment of the true content of Christianity were, in fact, current coin in the French socialism of the 1830s and 1840s.
en May 3 2015 w:John Oliver w:Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2 12 Standardized Testing HBO That must have hurt, especially because you knew the French children weren’t even trying. “Uh, go on, play weez your seellee nambeurs. Zey tell you nosseeng of ze true naytcheur of ze soula. I’ll weepa for you.”
Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
en European
en French customs
Of or relating to the French language.
en Indo-European
en French verbs
en slang sexuality Of or related to oral sex, especially fellatio.
en straight
en French active person who is fellated
en French girl a prostitute who offers fellatio
23 She was a tall redhead, with a shape that would make you jump for joy and a reputation as the best French girl in the place.
en informal often euphemistic Used to form names or references to venereal diseases.
en French disease a venereal disease
en French crown hair loss from venereal disease
en French pox syphillis
Used to form names or references to an unconventional or fancy style.
en French curve drafting template having edges of various curvatures
en French cut sliced lengthwise in thin strips
en French fries french cut potato fries
en French kiss kissing with the tongue
en French manicure painting white under the finger nails
en French window or French door double wooden windows or doors crafted with panes of glass
en French refrigerator continuous refrigerator space on top accessed by two doors, with a freezer drawer below
en French polish type of glossy varnish for wood
en French inhale act of expelling cigarette smoke from the mouth and simultaneously inhaling it through the nose
en French exit or French leave hasty exit made without saying farewells to anybody
en French toast Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Synonyms
en Gallian, en Gallic, en Gaulish
Derived terms
en First French Empire Free French French alexandrine French Algeria French Alps French and Indian War French and Iroquois Wars French augmented sixth chord French bassoon French bean,french bean French bed French berry (Rhamnus saxatilis species) French bishop French braid French bread French Broad French Bulldog French Canada French Canadian,French-Canadian French canon French casement French Cay French chair French chalk French cleat French Community French Congo Frenchcore French corner French cotton French cowslip (Primula auricula species) French cricket French cuff French curl French curve French-cut French defence,French defense,French Defence French dip French disease French donut French door French drain French dressing,french dressing French drop French endive French Equatorial Africa Frenchery French exit French fact French fake French filet bean French fits French Flemish French franc French fries,french fries French green bean French grey French grip French Guiana French Guianese French Guinea French Guyana French harp French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium species) French horn French hornist Frenchie Frenchification Frenchify,frenchify French India French Indochina French inhale French Island Frenchism Frenchization Frenchize French kiss French kissing French knickers French knot French lavender (Lavandula stoechas species) French leave Frenchless French letter French Lick Frenchlike French lilac (Syringa vulgaris species & Galega officinalis species) French loaf French lock French Louisiana Frenchly French maid Frenchman French manicure French marigold French melon French Morocco French mulberry (Callicarpa americana species) French mullet (Albula vulpes species) French mustard Frenchness French New Wave,French new wave French North America French onion soup French pancake French paradox French parfait French partridge (Alectoris rufa species) French pedicure Frenchperson French pie French plait French polish French polishing French Polynesia French Polynesian French pox French press French purple French Quarter French red French Republic French Republican Calendar French Revolution French Revolutionary Calendar French rice French River French Riviera French roast French roll French roof French rose (Rosa gallica species) French ruff French rye (Arrhenatherum elatius species) French safe French sash French seam French seventy-five French Sign Language French skipping French sole (Microstomus kitt species) French Somaliland French sorrel (Rumex scutatus species) French Southern and Antarctic Lands French spacing French Spaniel French spinach (Atriplex hortensis species) French stick French-style French Sudan French taco French Territory of the Afars and the Issas French tickler French tip French toast,french toast French-toasty French Togoland Frenchtown French triangle French trumpet French tub French turban French Turn French twist French Union French valve French vanilla Frenchville French West Africa French willow (Salix triandra species) French window,french window French wire Frenchwise Frenchwoman Frenchy Frenglish Judaeo-French Judeo-French Missouri French take French leave,take a French leave<ll:obsolete> Vichy French
Descendants
cho Filanchi 1
ta பிரஞ்சு 1
Translations
of or relating to France
Afrikaans: af Frans
Albanian: sq francez
Arabic: ar فَرَنْسِِِيّ, ar فَرَنْسَاوِيّ
Egyptian Arabic: arz فرنساوي faransāwi
South Levantine Arabic: ajp فرنساوي m fransāwi, ajp فرنسي m fransi
Aragonese: an francés
Archi: aqc паранг
Armenian: hy ֆրանսիական
Asturian: ast francés
Azerbaijani: az fransız
Bashkir: ba француз
Basque: eu frantziar, eu frantses
Belarusian: be францу́зскі, be францу́скі Taraškievica
Bengali: bn ফরাসি
Bulgarian: bg фре́нски
Burmese: my ပြင်သစ်
Carpathian Rusyn: rue францу́зькый
Catalan: ca francès
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法國 法國的 Fǎguó de
Czech: cs francouzský
Danish: da fransk
Dutch: nl Frans
Esperanto: eo franca
Estonian: et prantsuse
Extremaduran: ext francés
Fala: fax francés
Faroese: fo franskur
Finnish: fi ranskalainen, fi Ranska Ranskan, fi ranska ranskan-
French: fr français
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Frânsk
Galician: gl francés
Georgian: ka ფრანგული
German: de französisch
Greek: el γαλλικός m
Hawaiian: haw Palani
Hebrew: he צָרְפָתִי tsar'fatí
Hindi: hi फ़्रांसीसी
Hungarian: hu francia
Icelandic: is franskur
Ido: io Franciana
Ingrian: izh frantsilain
Interlingua: ia francese
Italian: it francese
Japanese: ja フランス フランスの Furansu no, ja 仏 ふつ, futsu
Kazakh: kk француз
Khmer: km បារាំង
Korean: ko 프랑스 ^프랑스-의
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr fransî
Kyrgyz: ky француз, ky франсуз
Lao: lo ຝະລັ່ງ, lo ຝະຣັ່ງ
Latin: la francogallicus, la francanus
Latvian: lv franču
Lithuanian: lt prancūzų, lt prancūziškas
Luxembourgish: lb
Macedonian: mk француски
Malay: ms Perancis
Māori: mi Wīwī
Marathi: mr फ्रेंच
Mirandese: mwl francés
Mongolian: mn франц
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb fransk
Nynorsk: nn fransk
Occitan: oc francés
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu франкїискъ
Old English: ang Frenċisċ
Pashto: ps فرانسوي farānsawí
Persian: fa فرانسوی farânsavi
Polish: pl francuski
Portuguese: pt francês
Punjabi: pa ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ frānsīsī
Romanian: ro francez
Russian: ru францу́зский
Sami:
Skolt Sami: sms fransuška
Scottish Gaelic: gd Frangach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh фра̀нцӯскӣ
Latin: sh fràncūskī
Slovak: sk francúzsky
Slovene: sl francóski
Spanish: es francés
Swedish: sv fransk
Tagalog: tl Pranses
Tajik: tg фаронсавӣ
Tamil: ta பிரஞ்சு, ta பிரான்ஸ், ta பிரெஞ்சு
Tatar: tt француз
Telugu: te ఫ్రెంచి, te ఫ్రెంచ్
Thai: th ฝรั่งเศส
Turkish: tr Fransız
Turkmen: tk fransuz
Udmurt: udm француз, udm французской
Ukrainian: uk францу́зький
Urdu: ur فرانسیسی frānsīsī
Uyghur: ug فرانسۇز
Uzbek: uz fransuz
Venetan: vec fransexe
Vietnamese: vi Pháp
Volapük: vo Fransänik
Welsh: cy Ffrengig
Yiddish: yi פֿראַנצייזיש
Zhuang: za Fazgoz
of or relating to the French people Afrikaans: af Frans
Arabic: ar فَرَنْسِيّ, ar فَرَنْسَاوِيّ
Egyptian Arabic: arz فرنساوي faransāwi
South Levantine Arabic: ajp فرنساوي m fransāwi, ajp فرنسي m fransi
Aragonese: an francés
Armenian: hy ֆրանսիական
Asturian: ast francés
Bulgarian: bg френски
Catalan: ca francès
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法國人 法國人的 gǎguórén de
Czech: cs francouzský
Danish: da fransk
Dutch: nl Frans
Esperanto: eo franca
Extremaduran: ext francés
Fala: fax francés
Faroese: fo franskur
Finnish: fi ranskalainen
French: fr français
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Frânsk
Galician: gl francés m
Georgian: ka ფრანგული
German: de französisch
Greek: el γαλλικός m
Hawaiian: haw Palani
Hebrew: he צרפתי tsarfati
Hindi: hi फ़्रांसीसी
Hungarian: hu francia
Icelandic: is franskur
Ido: io Franciana
Ingrian: izh frantsilain
Interlingua: ia francese
Italian: it francese
Japanese: ja フランス人 フランス人の furansujin no
Korean: ko 프랑스인 프랑스인-의, ko 프랑스 사람 프랑스 사람-의
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr frensizî
Latvian: lv franču
Lithuanian: lt prancūzų, lt prancūziškas
Malay: ms orang Perancis, ms Perancis
Marathi: mr फ्रेंच
Mirandese: mwl francés
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb fransk
Nynorsk: nn fransk
Occitan: oc francés
Old English: ang Frenċisċ
Persian: fa فرانسوی farânsavi
Polish: pl francuski
Portuguese: pt francês
Romanian: ro francez
Russian: ru францу́зский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Frangach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh фра̀нцӯскӣ
Latin: sh fràncūskī
Slovak: sk francúzsky
Slovene: sl francóski
Spanish: es francés
Swedish: sv fransk
Tamil: ta பிரஞ்சு, ta பிரான்ஸ், ta பிரெஞ்சு
Turkish: tr Fransız
Ukrainian: uk францу́зький
Urdu: ur فرانسیسی frā̃sīsī
Venetan: vec fransexe
Vietnamese: (người) Pháp
Volapük: male and/or female vo Fransänanik, male, vo hi-Fransänanik, female vo ji-Fransänanik
Welsh: cy Ffrengig, cy Ffrangaidd, cy Ffrengaidd, cy Ffrancaidd
Yiddish: yi פֿראַנצייזיש
of or relating to the French language
Afrikaans: af Frans
Arabic: ar فَرَنْسِيّ, ar فَرَنْسَاوِيّ
Egyptian Arabic: arz فرنساوي faransaauuii
South Levantine Arabic: ajp فرنساوي m fransāwi, ajp فرنسي m fransi
Aragonese: an francés
Armenian: hy ֆրանսերեն
Asturian: ast francés
Azerbaijani: az fransızdilli
Catalan: ca francès
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法語 法語的 fǎyǔ de
Czech: cs francouzský
Danish: da fransk
Dutch: nl Frans
Esperanto: eo franca, eo franclingva
Extremaduran: ext francés
Fala: fax francés
Faroese: fo franskur
Finnish: fi ranskankielinen, fi ranska ranskan
French: fr français
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Frânsk
Galician: gl francés m
Georgian: ka ფრანგული
German: de französisch
Greek: el γαλλικός m
Hawaiian: haw Palani
Hebrew: he צרפתי tsarfati
Hindi: hi फ़्रांसीसी
Hungarian: hu francia
Icelandic: is franskur
Ido: io Franciana
Interlingua: ia francese
Italian: it francese
Japanese: ja フランス語 フランス語の furansugo no
Korean: ko 프랑스어 프랑스어-의
Kyrgyz: ky французча, ky франсузча
Latvian: lv franču
Lithuanian: lt prancūzų
Malay: ms bahasa Perancis, ms Perancis
Marathi: mr फ्रेंच
Mirandese: mwl francés
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb fransk
Nynorsk: nn fransk
Occitan: oc francés
Old English: ang Frenċisċ
Persian: fa فرانسوی farânsavi
Polish: pl francuski
Portuguese: pt francês
Romanian: ro francez
Russian: ru францу́зский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Frangach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh фра̀нцӯскӣ
Latin: sh fràncūskī
Slovak: sk francúzsky
Slovene: sl francóski
Spanish: es francés
Swedish: sv fransk, sv franskspråkig
Tagalog: tl Pranses
Tamil: ta பிரஞ்சு, ta பிரெஞ்சு
Turkish: tr Fransızca
Urdu: ur فرانسیسی frā̃sīsī
Venetan: vec fransexe
Vietnamese: (tiếng) Pháp, vi Pháp ngữ
Volapük: vo Fransänapükik
Wallisian: wls fakafalani
Welsh: cy Ffrangeg, cy Ffrangaidd, cy Ffrengaidd, cy Ffrancaidd
Yiddish: yi פֿראַנצייזיש
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Breton: br gall
Hebrew: he צרפתי tsorfati
Indonesian: id Perancis
Latin: la gallicus
Maltese: mt Franċiż
Marathi: mr फ्रान्सीय
Neapolitan: nap franzese
Verb
en french.
en 1995 Jack Womack Random Acts of Senseless Violence 87 Even before I thought about what I was doing we Frenched and kissed with tongues.
Derived terms
en Frenched
Translations
to french french
See also
en Franco-
References
French adj. & n 74478 2009
Further reading
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