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German
Etymology
From Middle High German franzōse, franzoise, from Old French françois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁanˈtsoːzə/
- Hyphenation: Fran‧zo‧se
Noun
Franzose m (weak, genitive Franzosen, plural Franzosen, feminine Französin)
- Frenchman (person of French birth or nationality)
- Synonym: Schangel
1796, Christoph Girtanner, Historische Nachrichten und politische Betrachtungen über die französische Revolution, volume 12, page 276:Alle diese Franzosen beiderlei Geschlechts können frei und ungehindert in Rußland unter dem Schutze Unserer Gesetze wohnen [...]- All these Frenchmen of both sexes can live free and unimpeded in Russia under the protecton of Our laws.
- A French car
- (colloquial) monkey wrench
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Further reading
- “Franzose” in Duden online
- “Franzose” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache