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: /ˈfɹænts/

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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.

Related terms

• Franco-
• francophobe
• Francophone
• 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 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 f. Armenian: Ֆրանսիա (hy) (Fransia) Asturian: Francia f. Azeri: Fransa (az) Basque: Frantzia Belarusian: Францыя (be) (Fráncyja) f. Bengali: ফ্রান্স (bn) (phrans) Bosnian: Francuska (bs) f. Breton: Frañs (state), Bro-C'hall (country) Bulgarian: Франция (bg) (Fráncija) f. Burmese: ပြင်သစ်နိုင်ငံ (my) (pyin-thiq nain-gan) Catalan: França (ca) f. Cebuano: Pransiya Chinese: Mandarin: 法國 (cmn), 法国 (cmn) (Fǎguó), 法蘭西 (cmn), 法兰西 (cmn) (Fǎlánxī) Min Nan: 法國 (Hoat-kok) Teochew: Huag8gog4 Cornish: Pow Frynk Corsican: Francia f. Crimean Tatar: Frenkistan Croatian: Francuska (hr) f. Czech: Francie (cs) Danish: Frankrig (da) Dhivehi: ފަރަންސޭސިވިލާތް (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 f. Georgian: საფრანგეთი (ka) (sap‘ranget‘i) German: Frankreich (de) n. Greek: Γαλλία (el) (Gallía) f. Gujarati: ફ્રાન્સ (gu) (phrāns) Haitian Creole: Frans Hebrew: צָרְפַת (he) (tsarfat) 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 Indonesian: Perancis (id), Prancis (id) Interlingua: Francia Irish: An Fhrainc 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: فه‌ره‌نسا (ku) Lao: ປະເທດຝະລັ່ງ (lo)

Latin: Gallia (la) f., Francia (la) Latvian: Francija (lv) f. Limburgish: Frankriek Lithuanian: Prancūzija (lt) Livonian: Prantsūzmō Lojban: fasygu'e (jbo) Low Saxon: Frankriek Luhya: Frans Luo: Frans Luxembourgish: Frankräich (lb) n. Macedonian: Франција (mk) (Fráncija) f. Malagasy: Frantsa Malay: Perancis (ms) Malayalam: ഫ്രാൻസ് (ml) 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 Old English: Francland Ossetian: Франц (Frants) Pashto: فرانسه (ps) Persian: فرانسه (fa) (Frânse) Polish: Francja (pl) f. Portuguese: França (pt) f. Romanian: Franța (ro) f. Romansch: Frantscha Russian: Франция (ru) (Fráncija) f. Sanskrit: फ्रांस (sa) (phrānsa) Sardinian: Frantza Scots: Franse Scottish Gaelic: An Fhraing Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Француска (sh) f. Roman: Francuska (sh) f. Sicilian: Francia f. Silesian: Francyjo f. Sinhalese: ප්‍රංශය (si) (praṁśaya) Slovak: Francúzsko (sk) n. Slovene: Francija (sl) f. Sotho: France Spanish: Francia (es) f. Swahili: Ufaransa (sw) Swedish: Frankrike (sv) Tagalog: Pransya (tl) Tajik: Фаронса (tg) (Faronsa) Tamil: பிரான்ஸ் (ta) (pirāns) Telugu: ఫ్రాన్స్ (te) Thai: ฝรั่งเศส (th) (fàràngsèt) Tok Pisin: Pranis Turkish: Fransa (tr) Turkmen: Fransiýa (tk) Ukrainian: Франція (uk) (Fráncija) f. Urdu: فرانس (ur) (frāns) Vietnamese: Pháp (vi), nước Pháp (vi) Volapük: Fransän (vo), (obsolete) Flent (vo), (obsolete) Flentän (vo) Võro: Prantsusmaa Welsh: Ffrainc (cy) f. West Frisian: Frankryk Yiddish: פֿראַנקרײַך (yi) (Frankraykh, Frankrajch) 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) [edit]}

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fʁɑ̃s/

Etymology

Old French France, 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.

Proper noun

France f. (nominative singular France)

1. France (country)