What does French mean?
Definitions for French
frɛntʃfrench
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word French.
Princeton's WordNet
Frenchnoun
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
French, French peoplenoun
the people of France
French, Daniel Chester Frenchadjective
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
French, Gallicverb
of or pertaining to France or the people of France
"French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug"
Frenchverb
cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking
"French the potatoes"
Wiktionary
Frenchnoun
People of France, collectively.
The French and the English have often been at war.
Frenchnoun
Vulgar language.
Pardon my French.
Frenchverb
To kiss (another person) while inserting one's tongue into the other person's mouth.
Frenchverb
To kiss in this manner.
Frenchadjective
Of or relating to France.
the French border with Italy
Frenchadjective
Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
French customs
Frenchadjective
Of or relating to the French language.
French verbs
Frenchnoun
A Romance language spoken primarily in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Valle d'Aosta and many former French colonies.
frenchverb
To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
Etymology: From Frenche, Frensch, Frensc, Frenkisch, Franche, from frencisc, equivalent to. Cognate with Français, Frans, französisch, fransk, fransk, fransysk, franska.
ChatGPT
French
French typically refers to the language spoken primarily in France, as well as in parts of Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, and several other countries. It is a Romance language descended from Latin, and is considered one of the major global languages. French is also associated with French culture, history, and cuisine, and is widely studied as a second language around the world.
Webster Dictionary
Frenchadjective
of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants
Frenchnoun
the language spoken in France
Frenchnoun
collectively, the people of France
Etymology: [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, franois, F. franais. See Frank, a., and cf. Frankish.]
Wikidata
French
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick in Canada also in Haiti, the Acadiana region of the U.S. state of Louisiana, the northern parts of the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in the New England region, and by various communities elsewhere. Other speakers of French, who often speak it as a second language, are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of whom reside in Francophone Africa. In Africa, French is most commonly spoken in Gabon, Mauritius, Algeria, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire. French is estimated as having 110 million native speakers and 190 million more second language speakers. French is an Italic language descended from the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, as are languages such as Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Lombard, Catalan, Sicilian and Sardinian. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in Belgium, which French has largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Roman Gaul and by the Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
French
frensh, adj. belonging to France or its people.—n. the people or language of France.—ns. French′-bean, the common kidney bean, eaten, pods and all, as a table vegetable; French′-berr′y, a small berry, the fruit of certain species of buckthorn, used in dyeing yellow; French′-chalk, an indurated clay, extremely dense, and of a smooth glossy surface and white colour; French′ery, French fashions collectively; French′-horn, a musical wind-instrument somewhat resembling a bugle; Frenchificā′tion.—v.t. French′ify, to make French or Frenchlike: to infect with the manner of the French.—ns. French′iness; French′man, a native or naturalised inhabitant of France:—fem. French′woman; French′-pol′ish, a varnish for furniture, consisting chiefly of shellac dissolved in some spirit; French′-pol′isher; French′-pol′ishing, the method of coating furniture with French-polish.—adj. French′y, with an exaggerated French manner.—French merino, a fine twilled cloth of merino wool; French pox (obs.), syphilis; French roof, a modified mansard-roof—really American; French white, finely pulverised talc; French window, a long window opening like a folding-door, and serving for exit and entrance.—Take French leave, to depart without notice or permission, to disappear suspiciously.
Editors Contribution
french
French is a language spoken by the people of France
"I speak French very fluently."
Submitted by MineChristopher on November 10, 2016
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FRENCH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, French is ranked #525 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The French surname appeared 63,991 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 22 would have the surname French.
85.7% or 54,872 total occurrences were White.
8.1% or 5,183 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 1,568 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 1,229 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 710 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.6% or 422 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'French' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #711
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'French' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1659
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'French' in Nouns Frequency: #1251
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'French' in Adjectives Frequency: #82
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of French in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of French in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of French in a Sentence
It's not like Nadal at the French Open, i would back the field over Federer, just.
As a multinational company, Apple is regularly audited by fiscal authorities around the world, the French tax administration recently concluded a multi-year audit on the company's French accounts, and those details will be published in our public accounts.
Salah Abdeslam wishes to be transferred to the French authorities, he wishes to cooperate with the French authorities.
I was very shocked by the inhumanity of the attacks and heartbroken for the humanity that was lost, before the attacks and the state of emergency, police brutality and racial and religious profiling were already a reality for many of my fellow citizens. ... It feels a lot like a French version of the Patriot Act is in the making, and we have no control over it.
Sweets have been so demonized that it's almost natural for children to highly regard them and overreact around them, as long as the majority of a child's diet consists of nutritious foods, there is limited room for candy, cookies, cake or soda -- or high-fat side foods like french fries.
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Translations for French
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- فرنسيArabic
- francouzštinaCzech
- franskDanish
- französischGerman
- francaEsperanto
- francésSpanish
- suikaloidaFinnish
- françaisFrench
- [[खाद्यपदार्थ]]के [[टुकडे]] करनाHindi
- FranciaHungarian
- PerancisIndonesian
- franceseItalian
- フランス語Japanese
- gallicoLatin
- [[अन्नपदार्थ]]ाचे [[कापे]] करणेMarathi
- FransDutch
- franskNorwegian
- FrancuskiPolish
- francêsPortuguese
- limba francezaRomanian
- franskaSwedish
- பிரஞ்சுTamil
- FransızcaTurkish
- người PhápVietnamese
- 法语Chinese
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