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Frenchman
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English
Etymology
From en enm Frenshman. +suf en French man.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃm(ə)n/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Frenchman.wav Southern England
en /ˈfɹɪ̟nt͡ʃm(ə)n/ pin-pen merger
en French man
Noun
Frenchmen
A man of French birth or nationality.
en December 7, 1953 ASIA: The Two Anti-Communists w:TIME https://time.com/archive/6825764/asia-the-two-anti-communists/ A deep-seated misgiving about U.S. Asian policy is spreading among anti-Communists in Southeast Asia, who fear that the Korean truce is the first sign of U.S. withdrawal. In Hong Kong, anti-Communist Chinese newspapers, even those critical of Chiang, now talk about “U.S. double-faced diplomacy.” One said that “Ike and Dulles have stepped right into Acheson’s shoes.” Though Secretary Dulles has bulled through a special $387 million grant to bolster anti-Communist resistance in Indo-China, Frenchmen frequently grumble: Why should we fight our Communists to a finish when you did not fight yours to a finish in Korea? https://web.archive.org/web/20261018104309/https://time.com/archive/6825764/asia-the-two-anti-communists/ 18 October 2026
en 1975 Sue Helder Goliber The Life and Times of Marguerite Durand: A Study in French Feminism 128 The former recommended that all members of the Chamber of Deputies be elected by the scrutin de liste: that they be elected by all Frenchmen of both sexes over 21 years old.
A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
en UK The red-legged partridge.
Derived terms
en Frenchman's Cay Frenchman's Cove
Translations
person of French birth or nationality
Afrikaans: af Fransman
Albanian: sq francez m
Arabic: ar فَرَنْسِيّ m, ar فَرَنْسَاوِيّ m
Egyptian Arabic: arz فَرَنْسَاوِي m farensēwi
Tunisian Arabic: aeb فْرَنْسَاوِي fransāwi
Armenian: hy ֆրանսիացի
Asturian: ast francés m
Azerbaijani: az fransız
Basque: eu frantses, eu frantziar
Belarusian: be францу́з m
Bulgarian: bg францу́зин m
Burmese: my ပြင်သစ်
Catalan: ca francès m
Valencian: ca francés m
Cherokee: chr ᎠᎦᎸᏥ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ
Chinese:
Dungan: dng фагуйжын, dng фагуәжын
Mandarin: cmn 法國人 male or female
Cree:
Plains Cree: crk wêmistikôsiw
Czech: cs Francouz m
Danish: da franskmand c
Dutch: nl Fransman m
Esperanto: eo franco
Estonian: et prantslane
Finnish: fi ranskalainen
French: fr Français m
Old French: fro François m, fro Franceis m, fro Françoys m, fro Fraunceis m
Galician: gl francés m
Georgian: ka ფრანგი
German: de Franzose m, de Schangel m
Greek: el Γάλλος m
Hebrew: he צָרְפָתִי m tsarfati
Hindi: hi फ्रांसीसी m, hi फ़्रांसीसी m
Hungarian: hu francia férfi, hu francia
Icelandic: is Frakki m
Ido: io Franciano, io Franco
Indonesian: id orang Perancis, id orang Prancis
Ingrian: izh frantsilain
Irish: ga Francach m
Italian: it francese m
Japanese: male or female ja フランス人 フランスじん, Furansu-jin, ja 仏人 ふつじん, futsujin
Kazakh: kk француз
Khmer: km បារាំង
Korean: ko 프랑스인 male or female, ko 프랑스 사람, ko 불인(佛人); ko 프랑스 남자
Kyrgyz: ky француз
Latin: la Francus m, la francigena m
Latvian: lv francūzis m, lv franči
Lithuanian: lt prancūzas m
Macedonian: mk Французин m
Māori: mi Wīwī
Mongolian: mn франц хүн
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb franskmann m
Nynorsk: nn franskmann m
Persian: fa فرانسوی farânsavi
Polish: pl Francuz m
Portuguese: pt francês m
Romanian: ro francez m
Russian: ru францу́з m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Frangach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Француз m
Latin: sh Francuz m
Slovak: sk Francúz m
Slovene: sl Francóz m
Spanish: es francés m
Swahili: sw Mfaransa cm-wa
Swedish: sv fransman c, sv fransos c
Tagalog: tl Pranses
Telugu: te పరాసుడు
Thai: th ผู้ชายฝรั่งเศส pûu-chaai fà-ràng-sèet, th ชาวฝรั่งเศส chaao fà-ràng-sèet, th คนฝรั่งเศส kon fà-ràng-sèet
Turkish: tr Fransız, tr Fransız erkeği
Turkmen: tk fransuz
Ukrainian: uk францу́з m
Unami: unm Pëlanshëman
Urdu: ur فرانسیسی m frānsīsī
Uyghur: ug فرانسىيەلىك
Uzbek: uz fransuz
Vietnamese: vi đàn ông Pháp, vi người Pháp
Volapük: vo Fransänan, vo hi-Fransänan
Welsh: cy Ffrancwr m
Yiddish: yi פֿראַנצויז m
See also
en Frenchwoman
en nouns with irregular plurals
en Demonyms France Nationalities Male people Fowls
en male equivalent nouns