francês

See also: frances, francés, francès, Frances, and Francés

Friulian

Adjective

francês

1. French

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• francez, Frances (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frances (“French”), from Latin francēnsis. By surface analysis, França +‎ -ês.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈse(j)s/ [fɾɐ̃ˈse(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈse(j)s/ [fɾɐ̃ˈse(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈse(j)ʃ/ [fɾɐ̃ˈse(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈseʃ/

• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Hyphenation: fran‧cês

Adjective

francês (feminine francesa, masculine plural franceses, feminine plural francesas)

1. French (of or relating to France)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:francês.

Derived terms

• afrancesar
• saída à francesa
• sair à francesa

Related terms

• França
• franco
• franco-

Noun

francês m (plural franceses, feminine francesa, feminine plural francesas)

1. Frenchman (person from France)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:francês.

Derived terms

• francesinho (diminutive)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: Prancis
• → Malay: Perancis
• → Persian: فراسیس (farâsîs), فراسیسی (farâsîsî)
  • → Middle Bengali: ফরাসিস (phorasis), ফরাসিসি (phorasisi)
    • Bengali: ফরাসি (phoraśi)
    • → Assamese: ফৰাচী (phorasi)
  • → Dhivehi: ފަރަންސޭސި (faran̊sēsi) (influenced by English French)
  • → Gujarati: ફરાસીસી (pharāsīsī)
  • → Hindi: फ़रासीसी (farāsīsī), फ़्रांसीसी (frānsīsī) (influenced by English French)
  • → Punjabi: ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ (frānsīsī) (influenced by English French)
  • → Sindhi: فِرانسِيسِي (influenced by English French)

Proper noun

francês m

1. French (Romance language spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland and former colonies of France)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:francês.

Further reading

• “francês” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “francês” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “francês” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “francês” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “francês” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.