/fʁɑ̃.sɛ/
Translation
French
Word origin
From Old French franceis, from Frankish Frank, the name of the Germanic people whose name was given to France. The tribal name is the source of English 'French' and 'frank' ('candid').
- Origin
- Frankish
- Root
- Frank
- English cognates
- French, frank, franchise
Grammar
Examples
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I speak French with my friends.
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French bread is very good.
Londres.
She is French but lives in London.
Cette l'.
This French woman teaches English.
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The French love their cuisine.
Where this fits
Used in
Grammar articles
(19)French Adjective Agreement: Gender, Number, and Position Rules
French Adjective Position: Default, BAGS, and the Meaning Shifts
French Articles: Definite, Indefinite, Partitive, and the Article English Speakers Drop
Avoiding the Passive in French: on, se and the Active Recast
French Comparatives: plus, moins, aussi and the Three Irregulars
Conjugating French -er Verbs in the Present Tense
French Demonstratives: ce, cet, cette, ces and the -ci / -là Distance Split
dont in Depth: The French de Relative Pronoun
French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
French Negation Beyond pas: ne... que, ni... ni, aucun
French Negation: ne... pas, jamais, rien, personne and the Colloquial ne-Drop
The French Present Participle and Gerund (le participe présent et le gérondif)
French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
French Subject Pronouns: je, tu, il, nous, vous, ils and the on That Replaced nous
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
Venir de + Infinitive: the French Recent Past (to have just done something)
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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