/frentʃ/
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.
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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.
Used in
Grammar articles
(19)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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