franger

English

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps an alteration of french letter.

Noun

franger (plural frangers)

1. (Australia, slang) A condom.
   • 1999 November 4, Egan Blinkhorn, “Pirate Pay TV”, aus.tv.pay, Usenet:

     You have a point.  But on the other hand, I didn't run off and tell mum with a six pack in one hand and an open franger packet in the other.

   • 2000 September 22, rhay10, “Sydney 2000 -Too sexy for some.....”, rec.travel.australia+nz, Usenet:

     Ranpaging^[sic] Roy Slaven & HG Nelson who are comedians of the host broadcaster's Olympic graveyard shift have said that 48,000 of the frangers are for the personal use of the mayor of the Olympic village -  'Richo'.  they claim the rest are for the Cuban team who when they have finished their events are going at it like rabbits.

   • 2001, Bryce Courtenay, Four Fires, unnumbered page,

     The barber would say while he was cutting a grown-up′s hair, ‘Do you need any home supplies, sir?’ which is the secret code for a packet of frangers.

Derived terms

• foot franger

Synonyms

• dinger (Australian slang)
• See also Wikisaurus:condom

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French

Etymology

frange +‎ -er

Verb

franger

1. to fringe

Conjugation

• This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written frange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of franger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		franger			avoir frangé
gerund		en frangeant			en ayant frangé
present participle		frangeant
past participle		frangé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	frange	franges	frange	frangeons	frangez	frangent
	imperfect	frangeais	frangeais	frangeait	frangions	frangiez	frangeaient
	past historic1	frangeai	frangeas	frangea	frangeâmes	frangeâtes	frangèrent
	future	frangerai	frangeras	frangera	frangerons	frangerez	frangeront
	conditional	frangerais	frangerais	frangerait	frangerions	frangeriez	frangeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	frange	franges	frange	frangions	frangiez	frangent
	imperfect1	frangeasse	frangeasses	frangeât	frangeassions	frangeassiez	frangeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	frange	—	frangeons	frangez	—
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