François

See also: Francois and françois

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French François, from Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia +‎ -iscus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹænswɑ/, /ˈfrɒ̃swɑː/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Proper noun

François

1. A male given name from French, equivalent to English Francis.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Anagrams

• Fricanos

French

Etymology

Inherited from Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia +‎ -iscus). Doublet of Français.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.swa/

• Audio (Chapelle Saint-François)

  (file)

Proper noun

François m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Related terms

• Francis, Franck, Jean-François
• Françoise

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: Francois
• → English: Francois, François
• → Chinese: 弗朗索瓦 (Fúlǎngsuǒwǎ)
• → Japanese: フランソワ (Furansowa)

See also

• français

Anagrams

• fronçais

Middle French

Alternative forms

• françois

Etymology

From Old French François.

Adjective

François m (feminine singular Françoise, masculine plural François, feminine plural Françoises)

1. French (of, relating to or from France)

Noun

François m (plural François, feminine singular Françoise, feminine plural Françoises)

1. Frenchman
2. (in the singular) French language

Descendants

• French: Français

Old French

Alternative forms

• Françoys, Frauncheiz

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *Francencis, from Late Latin Francus + the nationality suffix -ensis (“belonging to”).

Noun

François m (feminine Françoise)

1. Frenchman
   • c. 1200, Philippe de Nanteuil (from 'Anthologie de la poésie lyrique des XII^e et XIII^e siècles'), En chantant veil mon duel faire, →ISBN, page 188:

     Ha ! Quens be Bar, quel soufreite
     De vous le François avront.

     Ha! Count of Bar, such a suffering
     Will the French inherit from you.

Descendants

• Middle French: François, françois
  • French: Français
• → Middle Dutch: fransois, fransoys, frantsoys
  • Dutch: fransoos
• → Middle High German: Franzōs
  • German: Franzose
  • Hunsrik: Franzoos
  • Luxembourgish: Fransous