french

CEFRA1

/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Relating to France, its people, or its language.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    French language and literature as an object of study.

Examples

  • It's quite difficult to master French in 2 or 3 years.

  • You must be able to speak French for this job.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [fɹ̠ɛn̠t͡ʃ]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. The ability of a person to communicate in French.

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To prepare food by cutting it into strips.

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

More examples

In context

  • I don't speak French well enough!

  • Ne mowe we alle Latin wite... Ne French...

  • I... wolde also be bolde in such french as is peculiare to the lawys of this realme, to leue it wyth them in wrytynge to.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The native Parisian spoke blank with a perfect accent.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

Inherited from Middle English Frenche, Frensch, Frensc, Frenshe, Frenk, Franche, from Old English Frenċisċ (“Frankish, French”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frankisk (“Frankish”), equivalent to Frank + -ish (compare Frankish). Cognate with Middle Low German vranksch, frenkisch, vrenkesch, vrenksch (“Frankish, French”), Middle High German vrenkisch, vrensch ("Frankish, Franconian; > German fränkisch (“Frankish, Franconian”)), Danish fransk (“French”), Swedish fransk, fransysk (“French”), Icelandic franska (“French”). Doublet of Frankish; piecewise doublet of Francis, Franz, and Francisco, which are derived from Late Latin Franciscus In reference to vulgar language, from expressions such as par...