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Pronunciation

  • frĕnch, /frenʧ/, /frentS/

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English frencisc Frankish, from franca Frank.

Noun

French

  1. The language of France, Wallonia (i.e. south of Belgium), Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg, Quebec, New Brunswick, Senegal.
  2. The people of France collectively.
  3. Vulgar language .
    Excuse my French.

Synonyms

  • Frenchman
  • Frenchwoman

Translations

French language
  • Aragonese: franzés
  • Breton: galleg m
  • Catalan: Francès
  • Chinese: 法語, 法语 (fǎyǔ)
  • Croatian: francuski m
  • Danish: fransk
  • Dutch: Frans n
  • Estonian: prantsuse , prantsuse keel (French language)
  • Finnish: ranska
  • French: français m (1), les Français m pl (2)
  • Frisian: Frânsk n
  • German: Französisch
  • Greek: Γαλλικά
  • Gujarati: ફ્રાન્સીસી f (fransisi)
  • Hebrew: צרפתית (Tzar'fa'tit)
  • Hindi: फ़्राँसीसी f (fransisi)
  • Hungarian: francia
  • Icelandic: franska
  • Indonesian: bahasa Perancis
  • Interlingua: francese
  • Italian: francese m, i francesi m pl (2)
  • Japanese: フランス語 (furansu-go)
  • Kannada: ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್
  • Latin: lingua Gallica
  • Malay: bahasa Perancis
  • Neapolitan: franzese
  • Norwegian: fransk
  • Persian: فرانسوي (Faransavi)
  • Polish: francuski
  • Portuguese: francês
  • Romanian: franceză , limba franceză f; franţuzeşte (adv)
  • Slovenian: francoščina
  • Spanish: francés
  • Swedish: franska (even a sort of bread)
  • Thai: ภาษาฝรั่งเศส (phāsā farangsēt)
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Pháp
  • Vietnamese2020: tiếngPháp , Phápngữ
French people
  • Alabama: falànchi
  • Breton: Gall m Gallaoued pl, Frañsez m Frañsizien pl
  • Bulgarian: французин m, французойка f
  • Catalan: francès m, francesa f
  • Chinese: 法國人 , 法国人 (fǎguó-rén)
  • Croatian: Francuz m, Francuskinja f
  • Danish: franskmand
  • Dutch: Fransman m, Franse f, Française f
  • Finnish: ranskalainen
  • French: Français m, Française f
  • Frisian: Frânsman m
  • German: Franzose m, Französin f
  • Greek: ο Γάλλος m, η Γαλλίδα f
  • Gujarati: ફ્રાન્સીસી (fransisi)
  • Hebrew: צרפתי (Tzar'fa'ti) m, צרפתיה (Tzar'fa'ti'a) f
  • Hindi: फ़्राँसीसी (fransisi)
  • Hungarian: francia
  • Indonesian: orang Perancis
  • Interlingua: francese
  • Italian: francese m, f
  • Japanese: フランス人 (furansu-jin)
  • Latin: Gallicus m, Gallica f
  • Malay: orang Perancis
  • Norwegian: franskmann m
  • Persian: فرانسوي (Faransavi)
  • Polish: Francuz m, Francuzka f
  • Portuguese: francês m, francesa f
  • Romanian: francez m, franţuzoaică f, francezi m pl, franţuzoaice f pl
  • Slovenian: Francoz m, Francozinja f
  • Spanish: francés , francesa
  • Swedish: fransman (masculine), fransyska (feminine)
  • Thai: ชาวฝรั่งเศส (chao farangsēt)
  • Vietnamese: người Pháp
  • Vietnamese2020: ngườiPháp , dânPháp

Adjective

French

  1. Of or pertaining to France.
  2. Of or pertaining to the language of French.
  3. Speaker of language of French (for example French Canadian)

Translations

  • Breton: gall
  • Bulgarian: френски m & pl
  • Catalan: francès m, francesa f
  • Croatian: francuski m, francuska f
  • Danish: fransk
  • Dutch: Frans , Franse
  • Finnish: ranskalainen
  • French: français m (1, 2), française f (1, 2), franco m/f (1, 2 when used before other country adjectives), francophone m/f (3)
  • Frisian: Frânsk , Frânske
  • German: französisch
  • Hebrew: צרפתי (Tzar'fa'ti) m, צרפתית (Tzar'fa'tit) f
  • Hindi: फ़्राँसीसी (fransisi)
  • Hungarian: francia
  • Indonesian: Perancis
  • Interlingua: francese
  • Italian: francese m, f
  • Latin: Gallicus m, Gallica f
  • Malay: Perancis
  • Neapolitan: franzese
  • Norwegian: fransk
  • Persian: فرانسوي (Faransavi)
  • Polish: francuski m, francuska f, francuskie n
  • Portuguese: francês m, francesa f
  • Romanian: francez m, franceză f, francezi m pl, franceze f pl
  • Slovenian: francoski m, francoska f, francosko n
  • Swedish: fransk (1), franskspråkig (2), fransktalande (2)
  • Vietnamese: Pháp (IPA: /fáp/)
  • Vietnamese2020: Pháp

Verb

French (transitive)

  1. prepare food by cutting it into strips
  2. kiss while inserting the tongue into the other person's mouth (transitive and intransitive)

Proverbs, Idioms and Constructed Terms

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