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/frentʃ/

Line drawing of French
Coloured illustration of French
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Translation

From France, or the language that people in France speak. It always takes a capital letter.

Word origin

From Old English frencisc, meaning of the Franks, the people who gave France its name.

Origin
Old English
Root
frencisc
English cognates
France

Examples

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Here "French" is the name of the language.

.

Here "French" tells you where the bread comes from.

Paris.

"French" keeps its capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence.

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This word is part of lesson 19.