french

IPA: frˈɛntʃ

Root Word: French

noun

  • (chiefly uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.
  • (uncountable) The ability of a person to communicate in French.
  • (uncountable) French language and literature as an object of study.
  • (uncountable, euphemistic, now often ironic) Vulgar language.
  • (countable) A surname.
  • (chiefly collective and in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.
  • (uncountable, dated slang, sex) Synonym of oral sex, especially fellatio.
  • (chiefly uncountable, dated slang) Ellipsis of French vermouth, a type of dry vermouth.

verb

  • (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
  • (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
  • (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
  • (cooking) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).
  • Alternative letter-case form of french [(transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.]

adjective

  • Of or relating to France.
  • Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
  • Of or relating to the French language.
  • (slang, sexuality) Of or related to oral sex, especially fellatio.
  • (informal, often euphemistic) Used to form names or references to venereal diseases.
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Examples of "french" in Sentences

  • Spanish, French, and Patois were the languages spoken.
  • When did the Germans surpass the French in population
  • The French government was more fastidious than Spanish and Neapolitan.
  • The Italians lost a close contest to the French in the team foil final.
  • He is the founder of and also conversant in English, French and German.
  • The French and Spanish models were rejected as tending toward despotism.
  • The French and Germans are amongst the biggest debtor nations in the world.
  • In a French village, Manou is an Italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh.
  • The tuition in the local schools are both in German and in French languages.
  • It was sung in French patois by Creoles of African, French and Spanish descent.

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