Meaning

3 senses

  1. (collective, countable, in the plural, uncountable)The people of France; groups of French people.

    The Hundred Years' War was fought between the English and the French.

    Under the Fourth Republic, more and more French unionized.

    die Franzosen

    францу́зыfrancúzy

    францу́зиfrancúzy

    the people of France

  2. (dated, slang, uncountable)Synonym of oral sex, especially fellatio.

  3. (countable)A French person.

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
people of France, collectively:
Русский
By meaning 1
people of France, collectively:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
people of France, collectively:

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

plural: French / Frenches
SingularFrench
PluralFrench / Frenches

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
oral sex
Close in meaning
  • the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France:French language
  • the people of France:French people
  • United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931):Daniel Chester French

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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