Frank
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English Frank, partially from Old English Franca (“a Frank”); and partially from Old French franc, and/or Latin Francus (“A Frank”), of Germanic origin, from Old Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Cognate with Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English franca (“spear, javelin”). Compare Saxon, ultimately a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsan (“knife, dagger”).
[edit] Noun
Frank (plural Franks)
- One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
[edit] Translations
one of the Franks
[edit] Etymology 2
Originally derived from the medieval tribal name, revived in the 19th century and also used as a diminutive of Francis.
[edit] Proper noun
Frank
- A male given name.
- A surname.
[edit] Quotations
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II: Scene 1:
- Mrs. Ford. How now, sweet Frank! why art thou melancholy?
- 1996 Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, ISBN 0 00 649840 X, Chapter VII, page 197:
- Your name is Francis, is it?
- Frank, sir.
- Your name is Francis. There was never a St. Frank. That's a name for gangsters and politicians.
[edit] Translations
male given name
surname
[edit] Danish
[edit] Proper noun
Frank
- A male given name borrowed from English and German.
[edit] French
[edit] Proper noun
Frank m.
- A male given name, cognate to English Frank.
[edit] Usage notes
- More often spelled Franck
[edit] German
[edit] Etymology
From Old High German Franko (“a Frank”).
[edit] Proper noun
Frank
- A surname.
- A male given name used in the Middle Ages and revived in the nineteenth century. Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
[edit] Icelandic
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Proper noun
Frank m.
- A male given name equivalent to English Frank.
[edit] Declension
declension of Frank
[edit] Manx
[edit] Proper noun
Yn Rank f. (genitive ny Frank)
[edit] Usage notes
- Always preceded by the definite article.
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Proper noun
Frank m.
- A male given name, Manx equivalent to Francis.
[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Etymology
From English or, rarely, German Frank, in the 19th century.
[edit] Proper noun
Frank
- A male given name.
[edit] References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 272 males with the given name Frank living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Proper noun
Frank
- A male given name borrowed from English or, rarely, from German.
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
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- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English nouns
- English proper nouns
- English male given names from Germanic
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- English diminutives of male given names
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish male given names
- French proper nouns
- French male given names
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German proper nouns
- German surnames
- German male given names
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic male given names
- Manx proper nouns
- Manx male given names
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- Norwegian terms derived from English
- Norwegian terms derived from German
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish male given names