France

france françé Françé Francë English <dab> thumb|240px|The Flag of France thumb|240px|Map showing all of France, including overseas regions and collectivities thumb|240px|Map showing the location of France (sense 1.1) in red. Alternative forms country en Fraunce obsolete Etymology From en enm France, from en fro France, from en la Francia, from la Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but en gem-pro -) origin.A. C. Murray, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader. Broadview Press Ltd, 2000. p. 1. Believed to be most likely from en frk *Frankō a Frank, from en gem-pro *frankô javelin. Compare en Frank. Displaced native ang Francland (see modern en Frankland). Pronunciation en /fɹɑːns/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-France.wav Southern England en /fɹæns/ US,non-æ-tensing en /fɹeə̯ns/ US,æ-tensing en en-us-France.ogg US,non-æ-tensing en /fɹans/ Northern England en /fɾans/ Scotland en ɑːns æns 1 Proper noun - s en Q142en A <<country>> located primarily in <<r/Western Europe>> Paris French Republic. en 1837 1977 237 w:Mauprat w:George Sand Stanley Young Cassandra Editions https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=NTTeAwAAQBAJ 9780897338677 For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France. en 1998 Shanny Peer France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore 0791437108 2 Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force." en 2012-04-23 Angelique Chrisafis François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election w:The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/23/francois-hollande-french-election Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013072314/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/23/francois-hollande-french-election 13 October 2026 In particular, metropolitan France, the part of France which is in Europe. en 2020-10-03 Daurius Figueira Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Second Decade of the 21st Century in The Dominican Republic, Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe AHTLE FIGUEIRA 9789769624566 259 La1ere of June 6, 2018 published a report containing the official discourse on the use of mules and swallowers to smuggle cocaine from French Guiana to France. en 2022-06-08 Ruxandra Trandafoiu Border Crossings and Mobilities on Screen Routledge 9781000600988 the film Mercenary / Mercenaire, a film made somewhat unique among French immigrant narratives for focusing on the experiences of Pacific Islanders making their way from French Polynesia to France. en French, famously held by— en Chris Papst From 0.13 GPA to future graduate, mom of Baltimore student says 'We did it' w:WNWO-TV https://nbc24.com/news/nation-world/from-013-gpa-to-future-graduate-mom-of-baltimore-student-says-we-did-it-augusta-fells-savage-grade-changing-padding-enrollment-project-baltimore 2022-03-29 He had a 0.13 GPA and was still in ninth grade. With a class rank of 62 out of 120, he was being promoted through the course levels, which led France to believe everything was fine when it wasn’t. https://web.archive.org/web/20260509042259/https://nbc24.com/news/nation-world/from-013-gpa-to-future-graduate-mom-of-baltimore-student-says-we-did-it-augusta-fells-savage-grade-changing-padding-enrollment-project-baltimore 9 May 2026 Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist. en Frances; en female; en Francis. Meronyms Holonyms country en European Union, en Europe Derived terms en fair maids of France fair-maid-of-France Francian Francitan francium francize Free France Frexit Little France Petty France Trance Vichy France Related terms en Francization Franco- Franco Francophile Francophobe Francophone Francophonie Frankland Franc franc lingua franca French Frenchie,Frenchy Frenchify Frenchification Frenchman Frenchwoman New France Tour de France Frances Francis Frank Descendants tpi Frens 1 as ফ্ৰান্স 1 haw Palani 1 1 ja フランス Furansu ain フランス 1 1 kln Frans 1 ki Frans 1 luy Frans 1 mer Frans 1 st France 1 sw Ufaransa 1 tkl Falani Translations Q142 country Abkhaz: ab Францызтәыла Acehnese: ace Peurancih Afrikaans: af Frankryk Ainu: ain フランス Akan: ak Frɛnkye Albanian: sq Francë f indefinite sq Franca f definite, sq Frëngjia f, sq Frângjia f American Sign Language: ase F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist Amharic: am ፈረንሣይ Antillean Creole: gcf Frans f, gcf Fwans f Martinican Creole: gcf Fwans f Arabic: ar فَرَنْسَا f or ar فَرَنْسَة f, ar فَرَنْجَة f archaic Moroccan Arabic: ary فرنسا f fransa Aragonese: an Franzia f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܪܢܓܝܐ prāngya Armenian: hy Ֆրանսիա Aromanian: rup Frãntsii f indefinite, rup Frãntsia definite, rup Gallia f Assamese: as ফ্ৰান্স Asturian: ast Francia f Azerbaijani: az Fransa Bashkir: ba Франция Basque: eu Frantzia Belarusian: be Фра́нцыя f Bengali: bn ফ্রান্স Betawi: bew Prasman, bew Prangsman, bew Prancis, bew Parenggi Breton: br Frañs f state, br Bro-C'hall f country Bulgarian: bg Фра́нция f Burmese: my ပြင်သစ် Carpathian Rusyn: rue Фра́нція f Catalan: ca França f Cebuano: ceb Pransiya Chechen: ce Франци Cherokee: chr ᎦᎸᏥᏱ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 法國 Dungan: dng Фагуй, dng Фагуә Eastern Min: cdo 法國 Hakka: hak 法國 Fap-koet Hokkien: nan-hbl 法國 Hoat-kok Mandarin: cmn 法國, cmn 法蘭西 dated or poetic Teochew: nan-tws 法國 huag8 gog4 Wu: wuu 法國 Circassian: West Circassian: ady Францие Cornish: kw Pow Frynk Corsican: co Francia f Cree: Plains Cree: crk ᒥᐢᑎᑰᓰᓈᕁ mistikôsînâhk, crk ᐁᐧᒥᐢᑎᑰᓰᓈᕁ wêmistikôsînâhk, crk ᐁᐧᒥᐢᑎᑰᓰᐊᐧᐢᑭᕀ wêmistikôsîwaskiy, Crimean Tatar: crh Frenkistan Czech: cs Francie f Danish: da Frankrig Dhivehi: dv ފަރަންސޭސިވިލާތް Dutch: nl Frankrijk n Dzongkha: dz ཕརཱནསི་ East Futuna: fud Falani Esperanto: eo Francio, eo Francujo Estonian: et Prantsusmaa Extremaduran: ext Francia f Farefare: gur Fãreŋo, gur Farãnsa Faroese: fo Frakland Finnish: fi Ranska French: fr France f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Frånkrik Saterland Frisian: stq Frankriek West Frisian: fy Frankryk Gagauz: gag Franţa, gag Franţiya Galician: gl Francia f Georgian: ka საფრანგეთი German: de Frankreich n Alemannic German: gsw Frankriich, gsw Frankrych Alsatian Alemannic German: gsw-FR-als Frànkrych Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Frankrich Ripuarian, gmw-cfr Frankreich Ripuarian Greek: el Γαλλία f Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Hyãsia Guianese Creole: gcr Frans Gujarati: gu ફ્રાન્સ Haitian Creole: ht Frans Hausa: ha Faransa f Fàr̃ansà Hawaiian: haw Palani Hebrew: he צָרְפַת f tsarfát Hindi: hi फ़्रांस m Hmong: White Hmong: mww Fav Teb, mww Fab Kis outdated informal Hungarian: hu Franciaország Hunsrik: hrx Frankreich n Icelandic: is Frakkland n Ido: io Francia Ilocano: ilo Pransia Indonesian: id Prancis, id Perancis Ingrian: izh Frantsia Interlingua: ia Francia Irish: ga Frainc an Fhrainc f Italian: it Francia f Japanese: ja フランス Furansu, ja 仏蘭西 Furansu obsolete Jarai: jra čar Prăng Javanese: jv Prancis, jv Prasman, jv Parangakik Jingpho: kac pyin tit Kalenjin: kln Frans Kamba: kam Frans Kannada: kn ಪ್ರಾಂಸ್ Kashmiri: ks फ्रांस Kashubian: csb Francjô f Kazakh: kk Франция Khmer: km បារាំង Kikuyu: ki Frans Korean: ko ^프랑스, rare ko ^불란서(佛蘭西) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb فەرەنسا, ckb فەڕەنسا Northern Kurdish: kmr Fransa, kmr Ferensa Kyrgyz: ky Франция Ladino: lad Frankia Lao: lo ຝະລັ່ງ, lo ຝະຣັ່ງ Latin: la Gallia f, la Francia f, la Francogallia f Latvian: lv Francija f Limburgish: li Frankriek Lithuanian: lt Prancūzija f Livonian: liv Prantsūzmō Low German: nds Frankriek, nds Frankrich Lü: khb ᦝᦱᧉᦜᧂᧈ Luhya: luy Frans Luo: luo Frans Luxembourgish: lb Frankräich n Macedonian: mk Франција f Malagasy: mg Frantsa Malay: ms Perancis Malayalam: ml ഫ്രാൻസ് Maltese: mt Franza f Manchu: mnc ᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ, mnc ᡶᠠ ᠯᠠᠨ ᠰᡳ, mnc ᡶᡠᡵᠠᠨ ᠴᡠᠰ Māori: mi Parani, mi Wīwī Marathi: mr फ्रांस Mauritian Creole: mfe Lafrans Meru: mer Frans Middle English: enm Fraunce Middle Mongol: xng ᠸᠢᠷᠠᠩᠤᠳ firangud Mongolian: Classical Mongolian: cmg ᠸᠠ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ fa ulus Cyrillic: mn Франц, mn Франц улс Moore: mos Fãrens tẽngẽ Nauruan: na France Navajo: nv Dáághahii Dineʼé Bikéyah Neapolitan: nap Franza f Nepali: ne फ्रान्स Niuean: niu Falani Norman: nrf France f Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Frankrike Nynorsk: nn Frankrike n Occitan: oc França f Odia: or ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ୍ Okinawan: ryu フランシ Furanshi Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Франкїꙗ f Glagolitic: cu Ⱇⱃⰰⱀⰽⰹⱑ f Old English: ang Francland n Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt França Ossetian: os Франц Pashto: ps فرانسه f frānsa, farānsa, ps فرانس m frāns, farāns Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls فَرَانْسَه Dari: prs فَرَانْسَه Iranian Persian: fa-ira فَرانْسِه Polish: pl Francja f Portuguese: pt França f Punjabi: pa ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸ Rade: rad Prăng Rarotongan: rar Varāni Romanian: ro Franța f Romansh: rm Frantscha Russian: ru Фра́нция f Sami: Northern Sami: se Frankriika Samoan: sm Farani Sanskrit: sa फ्रांस Sardinian: sc Frantza Scots: sco France Scottish Gaelic: gd Fraing An Fhraing f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Фра̀нцӯска̄ f Latin: sh Fràncūskā f Sicilian: scn Francia f Old Sicilian: scn-old Franza f Sikkimese: sip Silesian: szl Francyjo f Sinhalese: si ප්‍රංශය Slovak: sk Francúzsko n Slovene: sl Fráncija f Somali: so Faransa Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Francojska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Francoska f Sotho: st France, st Fora Spanish: es Francia f Sundanese: su Prancis Swahili: sw Ufaransa Swedish: sv Frankrike n Tagalog: tl Pransya Tajik: tg Фаронса Tamil: ta பிரான்ஸ் Tatar: tt Франция Telugu: te ఫ్రాన్స్ Thai: th ฝรั่งเศส Tibetan: bo ཧྥ་རན་སི Tigrinya: ti ፈረንሳይ Tok Pisin: tpi Pranis Turkish: tr Fransa Turkmen: tk Fransiýa Ubykh: uby Франгьшәабла Ukrainian: uk Фра́нція f Urdu: ur فْرانْس m, ur فْران٘س m Uyghur: ug فرانسىيە Uzbek: uz Fransiya Vietnamese: vi Pháp, vi nước Pháp, vi Phú Lang Sa obsolete Volapük: vo Fransän, obsolete vo Flent, obsolete vo Flentän Võro: vro Prantsusmaa Wallisian: wls Falani Walloon: wa France f Welsh: cy Ffrainc f West Flemish: vls Vrankryk n, vls Frankryk n Yiddish: yi פֿראַנקרײַך n Yoruba: yo ilẹ̀ Faran̄sé Zhuang: za Fazgoz a French surname Chinese: Cantonese: yue 法郎士 faat3 long4 si6 Mandarin: cmn 法郎士 Fǎlángshì French: fr France m f Hindi: hi फ़्रांस m f, hi फ़्रान्स m f Marathi: mr फ्रांस Russian: ru Франс m f Sicilian: scn Franza See also References Further reading en Individuals Franco-Provençal frp: Etymology frp la-lat Francia. Proper noun f frp France Q142 French fr: Etymology fr frm France, from fr fro France, from fr la-lat Francia, from la Francī, the name of a fr gem tribe. fr Francie. Pronunciation fr France fr /fʁãⁿsə/ Provence fr Fr-France.ogg Belgium fr /fʁãs/ Quebec fr Fr-France-fr-CA-Québec-(Lac-Saint-Jean).oga Quebec fr /fɾɑ̃s/ Louisiana fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-France.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-France.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-France.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-France.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-France.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-France.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-France.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) fr ɑ̃s 1 Proper noun f #s fr France Q142 fr female fr French Derived terms fr faire une carte de France françafricain Françafrique français,Français fr Marie-France (given name) melon de France vieille France Related terms fr François, fr Françoise (given names) Descendants gcf Fwans gcr Frans ht Frans lou Frans Lafrans via fr la France mfe Lafrans via fr la France 1 yue 法蘭西 faat3 laan4 sai1, faat3 laan4-1 sai1 1 my ပြင်သစ် 1 br Frañs 1 cdo 法蘭西 1 fi Frans 1 nan-hbl Hoat-lân-se 法蘭西 1 ja フランス Furansu ain フランス 1 1 km បារាំង 1 ko ^프랑스 1 cmn 法蘭西 1 mnc ᡶᠠ ᠯᠠᠨ ᠰᡳ 1 rad Prăng 1 ro Franța See also Anagrams fr Céfran Friulian Proper noun fur proper noun f fur France Q142 Related terms fur francês Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Fraunce Adjective enm adjective 1 enm Fraunce Middle French Etymology From frm fro France. Pronunciation frm /ˈfrãsə/ Proper noun frm proper noun f frm France Q142 Descendants fr France 1 br Frañs Middle Scots Alternative forms gmw-msc Frans Franse Fraunce Etymology gmw-msc enm-esc France, from gmw-msc xno Fraunce, from gmw-msc la-lat Francia. Proper noun gmw-msc proper noun gmw-msc medieval kingdom r/Western Europe corresponding to modern en France France Descendants sco France Adjective gmw-msc adjective French ethnically or nationally gmw-msc Countries in Europe Demonyms Norman nrf: Alternative forms nrf Fraunce continental Normandy Etymology From nrf fro France, from nrf la-lat Francia. Pronunciation nrf Jer-France.ogg Jersey Proper noun f nrf Jersey nrf France Q142 Old French thumb|right|Excerpt from the Oxford manuscript of The Song of Roland showing 'francs' and 'france' without capital letters. Alternative forms fro Fraunce Anglo-Norman fro france manuscript form Etymology fro :inh la-lat:Francia fro la-lat Francia. Pronunciation fro /ˈfɾant͡sə/ classical fro /ˈfɾansə/ late Proper noun f fro France Q142 Related terms fro françois Descendants frm France nrf France 1 pcd France wa France enm Fraunce 1 1