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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