frank
Free postage, a right exercised by governmentsFree postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
» You're just a little too frank.
Вы уж чересчур откровенны.
Ти просто трохи занадто відвертий.
Ти просто трохи занадто відверта.
Ви просто трохи занадто відвертий.
Ви просто трохи занадто відверта.
Ви просто трохи занадто відверті.
Meaning
5 sensesFree postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
October 5, 1780, William Cowper, letter to Rev. William Unwin I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.
The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
A hot dog or sausage.
Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.
(UK)The grey heron.
A pigsty.
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
- device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
Examples
147 sentencesYou're just a little too frank.
Ти просто трохи занадто відвертий.
ruВы уж чересчур откровенны.
Tom is a very frank person.
Том дуже відверта людина.
ruТом очень откровенный человек.
deTom ist eine sehr offene Person.
Tom was very frank.
Том був дуже відвертий.
ruТом был очень откровенен.
deTom war sehr aufrichtig.
I was very frank.
Я був дуже відвертий.
I'm usually quite frank.
Я, як правило, доволі щирий.
ruЯ обычно довольно искренен.
deIch bin normalerweise ziemlich direkt.
Origin
From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an earFrom Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.
Clipping of frankfurter.
From Old French franc.
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Forms
plural: franksSynonyms
9 synonyms- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll:frankfurterhotdoghot dogdogwienerwienerwurstweenie
- device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.:franking
Word family
3 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- your frank opinion
- frank opinion
- be frank with
- to be frank
- was very frank