François

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French François, from Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia +‎ -iscus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɹænswɑ/, /ˈfrɒ̃swɑː/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

François

  1. A male given name from French, equivalent to English Francis.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia +‎ -iscus). Doublet of Français.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɑ̃.swa/
  • Audio (Chapelle Saint-François)(file)

Proper noun

François m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

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Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French François.

Adjective

François m (feminine singular Françoise, masculine plural François, feminine plural Françoises)

  1. French (of, relating to or from France)

Noun

François m (plural François, feminine singular Françoise, feminine plural Françoises)

  1. Frenchman
  2. (in the singular) French language

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Old French

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin *Francencis, from Late Latin Francus + the nationality suffix -ensis (“belonging to”).

Noun

François m (feminine Françoise)

  1. Frenchman
    • c. 1200, Philippe de Nanteuil (from 'Anthologie de la poésie lyrique des XIIe et XIIIe siècles'), En chantant veil mon duel faire, →ISBN, page 188:
      Ha ! Quens be Bar, quel soufreite
      De vous le François avront.
      Ha! Count of Bar, such a suffering
      Will the French inherit from you.

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