Frenchnoun
uk/frentʃ/us/frentʃ/[ U ] the language that people speak in France, parts of Belgium and Canada, and other countries
the French [ plural ]
the people of France
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Frenchman
Frenchwoman
Examples
- Marguerite teaches French at the local secondary school.
- I can't speak a word of French so everyone knows I'm a foreigner as soon as I arrive in France.
- French, Italian, and Spanish are major Romance languages.
- Have you got a dictionary I can use for translating French into English?
- French is the official language in many different countries.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Anglo-Saxon
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Cantonese
- Filipino
- Flemish
- Georgian
- Germanic
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Hawaiian
- Manx
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Persian
- polish
- Proto-Indo-European
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Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities
Idiom(s)
excuse/pardon my French!
Frenchadjective
uk/frentʃ/us/frentʃ/belonging to or relating to France, its people, or its language:
French food/culture/music
We used to spend our holidays in a small French town.
More examples
- Natalie's mother is French and her father is English.
- The French film 'trois hommes et un bébé' was remade in Hollywood as 'Three Men and a Baby'.
- There's a charming, but rather pricey, French restaurant just around the corner.
- They now live near the French town of Limoges.
- Dior was a French fashion designer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Anglo-Saxon
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Cantonese
- Filipino
- Flemish
- Georgian
- Germanic
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Hawaiian
- Manx
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Persian
- polish
- Proto-Indo-European
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities