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franchepane m (plural franchepanes, diminutive franchepanetje n)
- (Suriname) frangipani, Plumeria rubra
1979, René de Rooy, Verworpen vaderland [Disavowed fatherland], Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, →ISBN, page 23:Maar nu, o stille straat in de koelheid van de ochtend, vallen je riolen dicht, nu zwijgen de zwervende honden van de buurt, nu stroomt het bruine water van de kreek zingend naar de rivier, nu geuren de franchepane en jasmijnstruiken in tuinen en hagen en wordt deze gore stad mij een bloeiend droomgezicht.- But now, oh silent street in the coolness of the morning, your sewers fall shut, now the roaming dogs of the neighbourhood are silent, now the brown water of the creek flows singing to the river, now the frangipani and jasmine shrubs in gardens and hedges are fragrant, and to me this sordid city becomes a blooming dreamscape.
- (Suriname, slang) nonsense, malarkey