Meaning

6 senses

  1. Of or relating to France.

    the French border with Italy

    französisch

    францу́зскийfrancúzskij

    францу́зькийfrancúzʹkyj

    of or pertaining to France or the people of France

  2. Of or relating to the people or culture of France.

    French customs

  3. Of or relating to the French language.

    French verbs

    französisch, französisch

    францу́зскийfrancúzskij, францу́зскийfrancúzskij

    францу́зькийfrancúzʹkyj

  4. (slang)Of or related to oral sex, especially fellatio.

    French active

    French girl

  5. (euphemistic, informal, often)Used to form names or references to venereal diseases.

    French disease

    French crown

  6. Used to form names or references to an unconventional or fancy style.

    French curve

    French cut

Examples

14360 sentences

  1. French is a very interesting language.

    Французька - це дуже цікава мова. — Ostrovska

    ruФранцузский — очень интересный язык. — sharptoothed

    deFranzösisch ist eine sehr interessante Sprache. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. French is pretty hard, isn't it?

    Французька досить складна мова, чи не так? — deniko

    ruФранцузский довольно сложный, не так ли? — paul_lingvo

    deFranzösisch ist recht schwer, oder? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. French isn't only spoken in France.

    Французькою говорять не лише у Франції. — deniko

    ruПо-французски говорят не только во Франции. — marafon

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  4. French is not only spoken in France.

    Французькою говорять не лише у Франції. — deniko

    ruНа французском говорят не только во Франции. — odexed

    deFranzösisch wird nicht nur in Frankreich gesprochen. — brauchinet

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  5. French is definitely not a difficult language.

    Французька, очевидно, нескладна мова. — deniko

    ruФранцузский отнюдь не сложный язык. — sharptoothed

    deFranzösisch ist ganz entschieden keine schwierige Sprache. — raggione

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or relating to France:
Русский
By meaning 1
of or relating to France:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or relating to France:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English Frenche, Frensch, Frensc, Frenshe, Frenk, Franche, from Old

Inherited from Middle English Frenche, Frensch, Frensc, Frenshe, Frenk, Franche, from Old English Frenċisċ (“Frankish, French”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frankisk (“Frankish”), equivalent to Frank + -ish (compare Frankish). Cognate with Middle Low German vranksch, frenkisch, vrenkesch, vrenksch (“Frankish, French”), Middle High German vrenkisch, vrensch ("Frankish, Franconian; > German fränkisch (“Frankish, Franconian”)), Danish fransk (“French”), Swedish fransk, fransysk (“French”), Icelandic franska (“French”).

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Forms

more French/Frencher, most French/Frenchest
Comparativemore French / Frencher Lesson
Superlativemost French / Frenchest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
GallianGallicGaulish
Close in meaning
  • of or pertaining to France or the people of France:Gallic

Word family

5 related words
Derivedfrench beanfrench dressingfrench friesfrench toastfrench window

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
freightfreighterfrenzyfrequencyB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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