français

 

See also: francais, Francais and Français

Contents

• 1 French
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Adjective
  • 1.4 Noun
    • 1.4.1 Derived terms
    • 1.4.2 Related terms
  • 1.5 See also
  • 1.6 Anagrams
  • 1.7 References
  • 1.8 External links

French

Etymology

From the Middle French françois, from the Old French françois, franceis, from France +‎ -ois, corresponding to the Medieval Latin franciscus, from Francus (“Frank”, the name of a tribe).

Pronunciation

• IPA⁽key): /fʁɑ̃.sɛ/

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Adjective

français m ‎(feminine singular française, masculine plural français, feminine plural françaises)

1. Of or pertaining to France.

   Il est l'un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus. - “He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs”.

Noun

français m ‎(uncountable)

1. The French language.

   Il parle très bien français. - “He speaks French very well.”

   Elle a fait beaucoup d'efforts pour améliorer son français. - “She made a lot of effort to improve her French.”

Derived terms

• Français

Related terms

• François

See also

• Français on the French Wikipedia.

Anagrams

• francisa

References

• etymology

External links

• “français” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Categories:

• French terms derived from Middle French
• French terms derived from Old French
• French terms derived from Medieval Latin
• French terms with IPA pronunciation
• French terms with audio links
• French lemmas
• French adjectives
• French nouns
• French masculine nouns
• French uncountable nouns
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• fr:Demonyms
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