French

Etymology
From, from frencisc:, from franca:.

Proper noun

 * 1) A Romance language spoken primarily in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Valle d'Aosta and many former French colonies.
 * 2) * 1997, Albert Valdman, French and Creole in Louisiana, page 29
 * Almost three quarters of the population 65 and older reported speaking French.
 * 1) * 2004, Jack Flam, Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship, page 18
 * Although he would spend the rest of his life in France, Picasso never mastered the language, and during those early years he was especially self-conscious about how bad his French was.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: gjuha frënge
 * American Sign Language: F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist
 * Amharic:
 * Anglo-Norman: ,
 * Arabic:, فرنساوية
 * Aragonese: franzés
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Azeri:
 * Bambara:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: френски език,
 * Catalan:
 * Valencian:
 * Cebuano:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Hakka:
 * Mandarin:, ,  法文
 * Min Dong:
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Cornish:
 * Cree:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, francouzský jazyk
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi:
 * Dutch:
 * Dutch Low Saxon:
 * Esperanto:, franca lingvo
 * Estonian: prantsuse,
 * Ewe:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Franco-Provençal:
 * French:, langue française
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფრანგული
 * German:
 * Kölsch:
 * Gothic:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Gujarati:
 * Haitian Creole: ,
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, फ़्रांसीसी, फ़्रान्सीसी
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ilocano:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Inuktitut:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Khmer:
 * Komi:
 * Kongo:
 * Korean:


 * Kurdish:
 * Ladino:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Ligurian:
 * Limburgish:
 * Lingala:
 * Lithuanian: Prancūzų kalba
 * Lojban:
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: il-Franċiż
 * Manx:
 * Mapudungun:
 * Marathi:
 * Moksha:
 * Mongolian:
 * Nahuatl:
 * Narom:
 * Navajo:
 * Neapolitan:
 * Nepali:
 * Northern Sami:
 * Norwegian:
 * Novial:
 * Occitan:
 * Old French: ,
 * Ossetian:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: (język), francuszczyzna
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , (lit. = in French)
 * Romansch: lingua franzosa
 * Russian: французский язык,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Sindhi: (firansīsī)
 * Sinhalese: ප්‍රංශ
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho:
 * Southern Zazaki:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swati:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: фаронсавӣ
 * Tamil: ஃப்ரெஞ்ச்
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: fransuz dili
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Urdu:, فرانسیسی
 * Vietnamese:, Pháp ngữ
 * Volapük: ,
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: ,
 * Zulu:
 * Zulu:


 * Emiliano-Romagnolo: Francês


 * : (faransavi)
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * : ชาวฝรั่งเศส

Noun

 * 1)  People of France, collectively.
 * The French and the English have often been at war.
 * 1) * 2002, Jeremy Thornton, The French and Indian War, page 14
 * On the way, scouts reported that some French were heading toward them across the ice.
 * 1)  Vulgar language.
 * Pardon my French.

Derived terms

 * pardon my French

Translations

 * Alabama: falànchi
 * American Sign Language: F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist
 * Anglo-Norman: ,
 * Armenian: ֆրանսիացիները
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian: francuzi
 * Breton: Gallaoued, Frañsizien
 * Catalan: els
 * Chinese: 法國人, 法国人 (fǎguó-rén)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: franskmænd
 * Dutch: (de), fransozen
 * Esperanto: (la) francoj
 * Estonian: prantslased
 * Ewe: Fransetɔwo
 * Finnish:
 * French: les Français
 * German: die Franzosen
 * Greek: (gálloi)
 * Gujarati: ફ્રાન્સીસી (frānsīsī)
 * Hebrew: צרפתים (tsarfatím), העם הצרפתי
 * Hindi: फ़्राँसीसी (frā.nsīsī)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ilocano:
 * Indonesian: orang Perancis
 * Interlingua: franceses
 * Italian: i francesi


 * Japanese: フランス人 (furansu-jin)
 * Latin: Galli, Francogalli
 * Latvian: francūži
 * Malay: orang Perancis
 * Maltese:
 * Marathi: फ्रान्सीय
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Novial: franses
 * Old French: ,
 * Persian: فرانسویان
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: французи
 * Roman: francuzi
 * Slovene: Francozi, Francozinje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai: ชาวฝรั่งเศส
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: французи
 * Vietnamese: người Pháp
 * West Frisian: (de) Frânsen
 * West Frisian: (de) Frânsen


 * American Sign Language: F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist


 * Dutch:

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to France.
 * the French border with Italy
 * 1) Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
 * French customs
 * 1) Of or relating to the French language.
 * French verbs
 * 1)   risqué, racy, bawdy.

Derived terms

 * French bean, french bean
 * French berry
 * French braid
 * French bread
 * French-Canadian
 * French casement
 * French chalk
 * French corner
 * French cowslip
 * French curl
 * French curve
 * French-cut
 * French defence, French defense
 * French Dip
 * French door
 * French dressing, french dressing
 * French Equatorial Africa
 * French fake
 * French fries, french fries
 * French grip
 * French Guiana
 * French Guinea
 * French honeysuckle
 * French horn
 * French India
 * French Indochina
 * French kiss
 * French knickers
 * French knot
 * French lavender


 * French letter
 * French lilac
 * French loaf
 * French Louisiana
 * French maid
 * Frenchman
 * French Morocco
 * French mulberry
 * French mullet
 * French mustard
 * French onion soup
 * French pancake


 * French paradox
 * French pie
 * French plait
 * French polish
 * French Polynesia
 * French pox
 * French purple
 * French Quarter
 * French red
 * French Republican Calendar, French Revolutionary Calendar
 * French rice
 * French Riviera
 * French roast
 * French roll
 * French roof
 * French rose
 * French rye
 * French sash
 * French seam
 * French Somaliland
 * French sorrel
 * French Southern and Antarctic Lands
 * French spacing
 * French spinach
 * French stick
 * French-style
 * French Sudan
 * French tickler
 * French toast, french toast
 * French Togoland
 * French trumpet
 * French tub
 * French Turn
 * French twist
 * French vanilla
 * French West Africa
 * French window, french window
 * French wire
 * Frenchwoman
 * take French leave

Translations

 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: frantziar, frantses
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, française
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: Franciana


 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: француски
 * Roman: francuski
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: Fransänik
 * West Frisian:


 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: француски
 * Roman: francuski
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: (người) Pháp
 * Volapük: Fransänanik,, hi-Fransänanik,  ji-Fransänanik
 * West Frisian:


 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: franca, franclingva
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish: ranskankielinen, ranskan
 * French:, française
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: француски
 * Roman: francuski
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, francesa
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: (tiếng) Pháp, Pháp ngữ
 * Volapük: Fransänapükik
 * West Frisian:


 * : френски (frénski)
 * : צרפתי (tsorfati)
 * : फ़्राँसीसी (fransisi)
 * : Perancis
 * : Gallicus
 * : Gallicus


 * : Perancis
 * : Franċiż
 * : फ्रान्सीय
 * : franzese
 * : fransi
 * : (Faransavi)

Verb

 * 1)  To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
 * 2) * 1988, Wanda Coleman, A War of Eyes and other stories, page 151
 * Tom frenched her full in the mouth.
 * 1)  To kiss in this manner.
 * 2) * 1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, page 87
 * Even before I thought about what I was doing we Frenched and kissed with tongues.

Alternative forms

 * french

Derived terms

 * Frenched

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * French:, rouler un patin


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Dutch:
 * French:, rouler un patin


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: