Franc

Inherited from Middle French franc (“noble”), from Old French franc, from Latin Francus, from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃/

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Franc m (plural Francs, feminine Franque)

1. Frank (member of a people that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany)

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Franc m (strong, genitive Franc, plural Francs)

1. franc (currency)

• “Franc” in Duden online
• “Franc” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Old French franc and/or Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɾˠaŋk/

Franc m (genitive singular Frainc, nominative plural Frainc)

1. (history) Frank

• francbhéarla m (“lingua franca”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Franc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 franc, frangc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Franc m pers (female equivalent Francová)

1. a male surname

• “Franc”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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• IPA^(key): /fránt͡s/

Frȁnc m anim

1. a male given name

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