Meaning
From France, or the language that people in France speak. It always takes a capital letter.
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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.
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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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Prefixes in English: un-, in-, im-, ir-, dis-, mis- rules
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