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French
1[ french ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of France or its inhabitants, language, or culture:
French cooking.
noun
- (used with a plural verb) the people of France collectively:
Philosophies advanced by the French during the Age of Reason profoundly influenced the American Founding Fathers.
- a Romance language spoken in France, parts of Belgium and Switzerland, and in areas colonized after 1500 by France. : F, Fr.
verb (used with object)
- (often lowercase) to prepare (food) according to a French method.
- (often lowercase) to cut (snap beans) into slivers or thin strips before cooking.
- (often lowercase) to trim the meat from the end of (a rib chop or chicken breast with attached wing):
For this recipe, the chops on the rack of lamb are Frenched about an inch. To french a chicken breast, scrape down the meat on the wing to expose the bone.
- (often lowercase) to prepare (meat) for cooking by slicing it into strips and pounding.
- Slang. to short-sheet (a bed).
- (often lowercase) Slang. to give (someone) a French kiss:
Her parents found her frenching her boyfriend on the porch swing after curfew.
- (often lowercase) Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on.
French
2[ french ]
noun
- Alice Octave 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, -st, uh, n], 1st Earl of Ypres, 1852–1925, English field marshal in World War I.
- Marilyn, 1929–2009, U.S. novelist and nonfiction writer.
French
1/ ڰɛԳʃ /
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 Frenchfunctioning 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 Franco-Gallo-
- (in Canada) of or relating to French Canadians
French
2/ ڰɛԳʃ /
noun
- FrenchSir John Denton Pinkstone, 1st Earl of Ypres18521925MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: administrator 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)
Derived Forms
- ˈԳԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Գn noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of French1
Idioms and Phrases
- excuse / pardon one's French, (used to excuse or apologize for the use of vulgarity):
Pardon my French—I didn’t realize there were ladies present.
Example Sentences
Hundreds of criminals across the UK who believed their Encrochat communications were 100% secure have been brought to justice since the platform was hacked by Dutch and French police in late 2019.
“The French state isn’t suing me, it’s suing the Qataris.”
But French was historically the language of diplomacy so the President of les États-Unis may well be some distance from his Ukrainian counterpart.
She compared him with the conservative Mexicans who, in the 1850s, invited the French to help overthrow the liberal government of President Benito Juarez.
Shadow sports minister Louie French accused the government of "installing one of their key cronies at the helm of what should be an independent regulator".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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