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Frank
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frank frånk
English
+s
Pronunciation
en /ˈfɹæŋk/ [ˈfɹʷæŋk] non-æ-tensing
en æ-tensing
en /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] ; /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋk/ [ˈfɹʷɛ̃ŋk] US,CA
en En-us-Frank.oga US
en æŋk 1
en Frank
en frank franc
Etymology 1
From en enm Frank, partially from en ang Franca a Frank; and partially from en fro Franc, and/or en la Francus a Frank, from en frk *Franko a Frank; both maybe from en gem-pro *frankô javelin. Cognate with goh Franko a Frank, ang franca spear, javelin. Compare en Saxon, ultimately a derivative of gem-pro *sahsą knife, dagger.Frank 74206 July 2021 en franc frank farang.
Noun
One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
en puristic Frenchman.
Derived terms
en Kingdom of the East Franks Frankish Frankland
Related terms
en n ferenghi franc France French Frenchify franchise Francia francisation,francization francise,francize<qq:in Quebec; Oxford dictionary: >
Translations
one of the Franks
Albanian: sq frëng m, sq frâng m
Arabic: ar إِفْرَنْجِيّ m
Armenian: hy ֆրանկ
Bengali: bn ফ্রাংক
Catalan: ca franc m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法蘭克人
Danish: da franker c
Dutch: nl Frank m f
Esperanto: eo franko
Finnish: fi frankki
French: fr Franc m, fr Franque f
Galician: gl franco m
Georgian: ka ფრანკი
German: de Franke m, de Fränkin f
Greek: el Φράγκος m
Ancient Greek: grc Φράγγος m
Icelandic: is franki m
Irish: ga Franc m
Japanese: ja フランク人 フランクじん, furanku-jin, ja フランク族 フランクぞく, furanku-zoku
Korean: ko 프랑크인
Latin: la Francus m
Marathi: mr फ्रँक m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb franker m
Nynorsk: nn frankar m
Portuguese: pt franco m
Russian: ru франк
Sanskrit: sa फिरङ्गिन् m
Spanish: es franco m
Swedish: sv frank c
Turkish: tr Frenk
Welsh: cy Ffranc m
References
Etymology 2
+ (surname)
+ (places)
The surname derives from the medieval tribal name. The given name is also a form of Francis, with formal given name status since the 19th century.
Proper noun
en male Germanic languages.
II i Mrs. Ford. How now, sweet Frank! why art thou melancholy?
en male Francis.
en 1996 w:Frank McCourt Angela's Ashes VII 197 HarperCollins 000649840X Your name is Francis, is it?Frank, sir.Your name is Francis. There was never a St. Frank. That's a name for gangsters and politicians.
en 2011-04-09 Marc Lacey w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/us/10grass.html Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water But Frank Fairbanks, a retired public administrator, had to sheepishly acknowledge that he had grass. “Unfortunately, like many of our central Phoenix neighbors, we have a green lawn which consumes more water than xeriscape,” he told the paper. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112043438/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/us/10grass.html
en nicknames.
A place name:
en comm in mun:suf/Crowsnest Pass south-west p/Alberta c/Canada.
en ucomm co/Avery County s/North Carolina c/USA.
en CDP co/Pocahontas County s/West Virginia c/USA.
Derived terms
en Frank-ter Haar syndrome Frank Drebin Frank-Tamm formula Frankian Frankism Frankist Frankson
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar فْرَنْك m
Armenian: hy ֆրանկ
Bulgarian: bg Франк m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 弗蘭克 Fúlánkè
Danish: da Frank c
Dutch: nl Frank m
French: fr Franck m, fr Frank m, fr François m
Galician: gl Franco m
Georgian: ka ფრენკი, ka ფრანკი
German: de Frank m
Greek: el Φρανκ m
Hawaiian: haw Palani
Hebrew: he פְרַנְק frank
Icelandic: is Frank m
Italian: it Franco
Japanese: ja フランク Furanku
Korean: ko ^프랭크, ko ^프랑크
Manx: gv Frank m
Marathi: mr फ्रँक m
Norwegian: no Frank
Persian: fa فرانک ferânk
Portuguese: pt Franco m, pt Frank m
Russian: ru Франк m, ru Фрэнк m transliteration
Spanish: es Franco
Swedish: sv Frank c
Thai: th ฟรังค์
diminutive
Cebuano: ceb Prangkoy
Portuguese: pt Chico m
Slovak: sk Fero m
surname
Bulgarian: bg Франк m f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 弗蘭克
Galician: gl Franco m
Marathi: mr फ्रँक
Yiddish: yi פֿראַנק
en Germanic tribes
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male borrowed from English and German
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /frɑŋk/
nl Frank
nl ɑŋk
Etymology 1
From nl dum vranke, from nl odt franko, from nl frk *Frankō.
Noun
m -en -
nl Germanic tribes nl historical chiefly plural en Frank member of a Migration-Period Germanic tribe
Derived terms
nl Frankisch
nl Frankrijk
Etymology 2
Proper noun
m
nl male Dutch, en Frank
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
f Franksson Franksdóttir
Declension
Frank Frank Franki Franks
French
Pronunciation
Franck
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Frank.wav
Proper noun
m
fr male Frank
Usage notes
More often spelled Franck
German
Etymology
From de gmh Franke, from de goh Franko a Frank. Used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
de De-Frank.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aŋk 1
Proper noun
m,s:-[with an article],s:-:e
de male especially in the 1960s and 70s
Proper noun
m:f,s:-[with an article],s:-
de
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Fra_nk
is aŋ̊k 1
Proper noun
@@
is male Frank
Declension
m.dat-
Manx
Etymology 1
From gv la Francia, from la Francus Frank.
Proper noun
gv proper noun f yn Rank genitive ny Frank
France
gv Haink eh noal ass yn Rank. He came over from France.
gv Hooar eh baase 'sy Rank. He got killed in France.
gv Ren ad troailt 'sy Rank as ayns yn Spaainey ny yei shen. They travelled in France and then in Spain.
gv T'eh ceau yn gv geurey ayns jiass ny Frank. He winters in the south of France.
Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.
Related terms
gv Frangagh
gv Frangish
Etymology 2
From gv la Francus Frank.
Proper noun
gv proper noun m
gv male Latin Francis
gv Frangaid
Mutation
F rank
gv Countries in Europe
Norwegian
Etymology
From no en - or, rarely, no en Frank, in the 19th century.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 272 males with the given name Frank living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Polish
pl:+owie
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Francus<ety:uder<frk:*Frank>> 2 1 frank
Pronunciation
frank
Noun
m-pr
pl historical en Frank one of the Franks
Declension
Frankowie
Derived terms
pl adjective frankijski
Related terms
pl adjectives frankoński frankowy
pl nouns frank Frankończyk Frankonia Frankonka
Further reading
pl Germanic tribes Male people Nationalities
Portuguese
pt
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Frank + 1
Pronunciation
Franki*
Proper noun
m
pt male Frank English
Related terms
pt Franco
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr Franková
sk m
Declension
m-pr surn
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Frank.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male borrowed from English or, rarely, from German