French
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[ french ]
/ frɛntʃ /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.: French cooking.
noun
the people of France and their direct descendants.
a Romance language spoken in France, parts of Belgium and Switzerland, and in areas colonized after 1500 by France.
verb (used with object)
Origin of French
1OTHER WORDS FROM French
French·ness, nounDefinition for french (2 of 2)
French
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[ french ]
/ frɛntʃ /
noun
AliceOctave Thanet,1850–1934,
U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Daniel Chester,1850–1931,
U.S. sculptor.
Sir John Den·ton Pink·stone
[den-tn pingk-stohn, -stuh n] /ˈdɛn tn ˈpɪŋk stoʊn, -stən/, 1st Earl of Ypres,1852–1925,
English field marshal in World War I.
Marilyn,1929–2009,
U.S. novelist and nonfiction writer.
Example sentences from the Web for french
British Dictionary definitions for french (1 of 2)
French
1
/ (frɛntʃ) /
noun
the official language of France: also an official language of Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, and certain other countries. It is the native language of approximately 70 million people; also used for diplomacy. Historically, French is an Indo-European language belonging to the Romance group
See also Old French, Anglo-French
the French (functioning as plural)
the natives, citizens, or inhabitants of France collectively
See French vermouth
adjective
relating to, denoting, or characteristic of France, the French, or their language
Related prefixes: Franco-, Gallo-
(in Canada) of or relating to French Canadians
Derived forms of French
Frenchness, nounWord Origin for French
Old English
Frencisc French, Frankish; see
Frank
British Dictionary definitions for french (2 of 2)
French
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/ (frɛntʃ) /
noun
Sir John Denton Pinkstone, 1st Earl of Ypres. 1852–1925, British field marshal in World War I: commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium (1914–15); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1918–21)