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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026French /frɛntʃ/USA pronunciation
adj. - of or relating to France.
of or relating to the language spoken in France.
n.
- [plural;
the + ~;
used with a plural verb] the people born or living in France.
- [uncountable] the language spoken in France.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026French
(french),USA pronunciation adj.
- Language Varieties, Biographicalof, pertaining to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.:French cooking.
n.
- Language Varieties, Biographicalthe people of France and their direct descendants.
- Biographical, Language Varietiesa Romance language spoken in France, parts of Belgium and Switzerland, and in areas colonized after 1500 by France. Abbr.: F
v.t.
- Food(often l.c.) to prepare (food) according to a French method.
- Food(often l.c.) to cut (snap beans) into slivers or thin strips before cooking.
- Food(often l.c.) to trim the meat from the end of (a rib chop).
- Food(often l.c.) to prepare (meat) for cooking by slicing it into strips and pounding.
- Slang Termsto short-sheet (a bed).
- Slang Terms(often l.c.) Slang (vulgar). to give oral stimulation of the penis or vulva.
- Middle English Frensh, French, Old English Frenc(i)sc. See Frank, -ish1 bef. 1150
- Alice ("Octave Thanet''), 1850–1934, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Daniel Chester, 1850–1931, U.S. sculptor.
Sir John Den•ton Pink•stone
(den′tn pingk′stōn, -stən),USA pronunciation 1st Earl of Ypres, 1852–1925, English field marshal in World War I.
- Marilyn, born 1929, U.S. novelist and nonfiction writer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
French /frɛntʃ/ n - the official language of France: also an official language of Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, and certain other countries. It is the native language of approximately 75 million people; also used for diplomacy. Historically, French is an Indo-European language belonging to the Romance group
See also Old French, Anglo-French - the French ⇒ (functioning as plural) the natives, citizens, or inhabitants of France collectively
adj - relating to, denoting, or characteristic of France, the French, or their language
Related prefixes: Franco-, Gallo- - (in Canada) of or relating to French Canadians
Etymology: Old English Frencisc French, Frankish; see Frank French /frɛntʃ/ n - Sir John Denton Pinkstone, 1st Earl of Ypres. 1852–1925, British field marshal in World War I: commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium (1914–15); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1918–21)
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