France

See also france

English

Wikipedia

Map showing the location of France (in red).

Alternative forms

• Fraunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From French France, Old French France, Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe. Etymology of Francī itself is uncertain, but of Proto-Germanic origin, possibly related to Sanskrit firang (“foreign”). Compare Frank.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɹɑːns/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɹæns/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːns

Proper noun

France

1. A country in Western Europe having borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain. Member state of the European Union. Official name: French Republic (République française). Population: 62 million inhabitants.
   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, the Guardian:

     Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.

Related terms

• Franco-
• francophobe
• Francophone
• Frankland
• French
• Frenchman
• New France
• Tour de France

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Frankryk (af)
• Albanian: Franca (sq)

  Gheg: Frankreich

• American Sign Language: F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist
• Antillean Creole: Lafrans
• Arabic: فرنسا (ar) (faránsa) f, (archaic) بلاد الإفرنج (ar) (blad alʔifranj) f pl, (archaic) بلاد الفرنجة (ar) (bilad alfirinja) f pl

  Egyptian Arabic: فرنسا (faransa) f

• Aragonese: Franzia (an) f
• Armenian: Ֆրանսիա (hy) (Fransia) 
• Aromanian: Gallia (rup), Frantsia (rup)
• Asturian: Francia (ast) f
• Azeri: Fransa (az)
• Basque: Frantzia (eu)
• Belarusian: Францыя (be) (Fráncyja) f 
• Bengali: ফ্রান্স (bn) (phrans)
• Breton: Frañs (br) (state), Bro-C'hall (br) (country)
• Bulgarian: Франция (bg) (Fráncija) f 
• Burmese: ပြင်သစ်နိုင်ငံ (my) (pyinthitnaingngan)
• Catalan: França (ca) f
• Cebuano: Pransiya
• Cherokee: ᎦᎸᏥᏱ (chr) (Galvtsiyi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法國 (cmn), 法国 (cmn) (Fǎguó), 法蘭西 (cmn), 法兰西 (cmn) (Fǎlánxī)

  Min Nan: 法國 (nan) (Hoat-kok)

  Teochew: Huag8gog4

• Cornish: Pow Frynk (kw)
• Corsican: Francia (co) f
• Crimean Tatar: Frenkistan
• Czech: Francie (cs)
• Danish: Frankrig (da), Franske Republik (da)
• Dhivehi: ފަރަންސޭސިވިލާތް (dv) (Faranseysi Vilath)
• Dutch: Frankrijk (nl) n
• Esperanto: Francio (eo), Francujo (eo)
• Estonian: Prantsusmaa (et)
• Faroese: Frakland (fo)
• Finnish: Ranska (fi)
• French: France (fr) f
• Galician: Francia (gl) f
• Georgian: საფრანგეთი (ka) (sap‘ranget‘i) 
• German: Frankreich (de) n
• Greek: Γαλλία (el) (Gallía) f 
• Gujarati: ફ્રાન્સ (gu) (phrāns)
• Haitian Creole: Frans
• Hausa: Fàr̃ansà (ha) f
• Hebrew: צָרְפַת (he) (tsarfát) f (classical: Ṣārəphath)
• Hindi: फ़्रांस (hi) (frāns), फ़्राँस (hi) (frāns), फ़्रान्स (hi) (frāns) m, फ्रांस (hi) (phrāns)
• Hungarian: Franciaország (hu)
• Icelandic: Frakkland (is) n
• Ido: Francia (io)
• Indonesian: Perancis (id), Prancis (id)
• Interlingua: Francia (ia)
• Irish: an Fhrainc (ga) f
• Italian: Francia (it) f
• Japanese: フランス (ja) (Furánsu), 仏蘭西 (ja) (Furánsu) (obsolete)
• Kalenjin: Frans
• Kamba: Frans
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಂಸ್ (kn) (prāns)
• Kashmiri: फ्रांस (ks)
• Kazakh: Франция (kk) (Frantsiya) 
• Khmer: បារាំង (km) (baarang), ប្រទេសបារាំង (km) (prɑteih baarang)
• Kikuyu: Frans
• Korean: 프랑스 (ko) (Peurangseu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: فه‌ره‌نسا (ku)

• Lao: ປະເທດຝະລັ່ງ (lo)
• Latin: Gallia (la) f, Francia (la)
• Latvian: Francija (lv) f
• Limburgish: Frankriek (li)
• Lithuanian: Prancūzija (lt)
• Livonian: Prantsūzmō
• Lojban: fasygu'e (jbo)
• Low German: Frankriek
• Luhya: Frans
• Luo: Frans
• Luxembourgish: Frankräich (lb) n
• Macedonian: Франција (mk) (Fráncija) f
• Malagasy: Frantsa (mg)
• Malay: Perancis (ms)
• Malayalam: ഫ്രാൻസ് (ml) (phrāns)
• Maltese: Franza (mt)
• Marathi: फ्रांस (mr) (phrāns)
• Meru: Frans
• Mongolian: Франц (mn) (Frants) , Франц улс (mn) (Frants uls) 
• Nauruan: France (na)
• Navajo: Dáághahii Dinéʼiʼ bikéyah
• Neapolitan: Franza f
• Norwegian: Frankrike (no) (Franske Republikk, Republikken Frankrike)
• Novial: Fransia
• Occitan: França (oc) f
• Old English: Francland (ang)
• Ossetian: Франц (Frants)
• Pashto: فرانسه (ps)
• Persian: فرانسه (fa) (Frânse)
• Polish: Francja (pl) f
• Portuguese: França (pt) f
• Romanian: Franța (ro) f
• Romansch: Frantscha (rm)
• Russian: Франция (ru) (Fráncija) f 
• Sanskrit: फ्रांस (sa) (phrānsa)
• Sardinian: Frantza (sc)
• Scots: Franse
• Scottish Gaelic: An Fhraing
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Француска (sh) f

  Roman: Francuska (sh) f

• Sicilian: Francia (scn) f
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Silesian: Francyjo f
• Sinhalese: ප්‍රංශය (si) (praṁśaya)
• Slovak: Francúzsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Fráncija (sl) f
• Sotho: France (st)
• Spanish: Francia (es) f
• Swahili: Ufaransa (sw)
• Swedish: Frankrike (sv)
• Tagalog: Pransya (tl)
• Tajik: Фаронса (tg) (Faronsa) 
• Tamil: பிரான்ஸ் (ta) (pirāns)
• Telugu: ఫ్రాన్స్ (te) (phrāns)
• Thai: ฝรั่งเศส (th) (fàràngsèt)
• Tok Pisin: Pranis (tpi)
• Turkish: Fransa (tr)
• Turkmen: Fransiýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: Франція (uk) (Fráncija) f 
• Urdu: فرانس (ur) (frāns)
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Pháp (vi), nước Pháp (vi)
• Volapük: Fransän (vo), (obsolete) Flent (vo), (obsolete) Flentän (vo)
• Võro: Prantsusmaa
• Welsh: Ffrainc (cy) f
• West Frisian: Frankryk (fy)
• Yiddish: פֿראַנקרײַך (yi) (Frankraykh) n

See also

• Appendix:Place names in France
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁɑ̃s/

• audio (France)

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• audio (Quebec)

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Etymology

From Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.

Proper noun

France f

1. France (country)
2. A female given name

Related terms

• François, Françoise (given names)

Derived terms

• français, Français
• Marie-France (given name)

Anagrams

• Céfran

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Middle French

Proper noun

France f

1. France (country of the Europe)

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /frãnt.sə/

Proper noun

France f (nominative singular France)

1. France (country)

Related terms

• françois