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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'French', 'french': /ˈfrɛntʃ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/frɛntʃ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(french)

French /frɛntʃ/USA pronunciation adj.

of or relating to France.
of or relating to the language spoken in France.

[plural;
the + ~;
used with a plural verb] the people born or living in France.
[uncountable] the language spoken in France.

French (french),USA pronunciation adj.

Language Varieties, Biographicalof, pertaining to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.:French cooking.

Language Varieties, Biographicalthe people of France and their direct descendants.
Biographical, Language Varietiesa Romance language spoken in France, parts of Belgium and Switzerland, and in areas colonized after 1500 by France. Abbr.: F

v.t.

Food(often l.c.) to prepare (food) according to a French method.
Food(often l.c.) to cut (snap beans) into slivers or thin strips before cooking.
Food(often l.c.) to trim the meat from the end of (a rib chop).
Food(often l.c.) to prepare (meat) for cooking by slicing it into strips and pounding.
Slang Termsto short-sheet (a bed).
Slang Terms(often l.c.) Slang (vulgar). to give oral stimulation of the penis or vulva.

Middle English Frensh, French, Old English Frenc(i)sc. See Frank, -ish¹ bef. 1150

French′ness, n.

French (french),USA pronunciation n.

Alice ("Octave Thanet''), 1850–1934, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Daniel Chester, 1850–1931, U.S. sculptor.
Marilyn, born 1929, U.S. novelist and nonfiction writer.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

French /frɛntʃ/ n

the official language of France: also an official language of Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, and certain other countries. It is the native language of approximately 75 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

adj

relating to, denoting, or characteristic of France, the French, or their language
Related prefixes: Franco-, Gallo-
(in Canada) of or relating to French Canadians

Etymology: Old English Frencisc French, Frankish; see Frank

French /frɛntʃ/ n

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)

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Synonyms: Gallic, Franco-, frog, Frenchified, of France, more...

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