Definitions for french
frɛntʃfrench

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frenchnoun

   the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

2. French, French peoplenoun

   the people of France

3. 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)

4. French, Gallicverb

   of or pertaining to France or the people of France

   "French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug"

5. Frenchverb

   cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking

   "French the potatoes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frenchnoun

   People of France, collectively.

   The French and the English have often been at war.

2. Frenchnoun

   Vulgar language.

   Pardon my French.

3. Frenchverb

   To kiss (another person) while inserting one's tongue into the other person's mouth.

4. Frenchverb

   To kiss in this manner.

5. Frenchadjective

   Of or relating to France.

   the French border with Italy

6. Frenchadjective

   Of or relating to the people or culture of France.

   French customs

7. Frenchadjective

   Of or relating to the French language.

   French verbs

8. Frenchnoun

   A Romance language spoken primarily in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Valle d'Aosta and many former French colonies.

9. frenchverb

   To prepare food by cutting it into strips.

10. Etymology: From Frenche, Frensch, Frensc, Frenkisch, Franche, from frencisc, equivalent to. Cognate with Français, Frans, französisch, fransk, fransk, fransysk, franska.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frenchadjective

   of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants

2. Frenchnoun

   the language spoken in France

3. Frenchnoun

   collectively, the people of France

4. Etymology: [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, franois, F. franais. See Frank, a., and cf. Frankish.]

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1. 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.

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1. 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.

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1. 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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1. french

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Romance
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'french' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #711

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'french' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1659

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'french' in Nouns Frequency: #1251

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'french' in Adjectives Frequency: #82

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How to pronounce french?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say french in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of french in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of french in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of french in a Sentence

1. Happy Pops:

   I love creating innovative treats that appeal to Canada's diverse tastes, i started Happy Pops to bring all-natural, handcrafted flavour to Canadians, so French's locally-grown ketchup is a perfect pairing.

2. Le Drian:

   Beyond that, how is this going to work? It may be by cooperating with French interventions in Syria, in Iraq, it may be in support of France in other operations.

3. Emmanuel Macron:

   I'm telling you all tonight -- we will rebuild this cathedral together. This is probably part of the French destiny. And we will do it in the next years. Starting tomorrow, a national donation scheme will be started that will extend beyond our borders.

4. Goolagong Cawley:

   What a wonderful result for Australia and how exciting that another Aboriginal has won at the French, tennis Australia and all lovers of tennis here and around the world will be delighted by the natural skills and flair Ash possesses.

5. Melissa George:

   The one thing I certainly did n’t know was that nearly five years later, a clearly traumatized Melissa George would plead publicly to Australia for help after a very troubling incident of domestic violence in her French home and those words of hers would still be used against her by so many. Is Australia really so unforgiving that those flippant and somewhat ridiculous remarks will be held against her for years ? I just wanted to say sorry, Melissa George, you don’t deserve it.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=french
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/French
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/french
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=french
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=french
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=french