frank

See also Frank

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɹæŋk/, X-SAMPA: /fr{Nk/

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

From French franc, “free”, in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks.

Adjective

frank (comparative franker, superlative frankest)

1. honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt.

   May I be frank with you?

2. (medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident

   The research probes whether treating pre-diabetes with Metformin can prevent progression to frank diabetes.

Translations

bluntly honest

• Bulgarian: искрен (bg) (iskren)
• Catalan: franc (ca)
• Czech: upřímný (cs) m
• Dutch: eerlijk (nl), open (nl), oprecht (nl), openhartig (nl)
• French: franc (fr)
• Hungarian: nyílt (hu), őszinte (hu)
• Irish: oscailteach (ga)

• Jèrriais: franc
• Norwegian: frank (no)
• Portuguese: franco (pt) m
• Spanish: franco (es) m
• Tagalog: prangka (tl)
• Volapük: stedälik (vo)

Noun

frank (plural franks)

1. (uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
   • Cowper

     I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.

2. (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.

Verb

US franking mark

frank (third-person singular simple present franks, present participle franking, simple past and past participle franked)

1. To place a frank on an envelope.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 20

     It will be so ridiculous to see all his letters directed to him with an M.P.—But do you know, he says, he will never frank for me?

2. To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
3. To send by public conveyance free of expense.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of frankfurter.

A frank on a bun.

Noun

frank (plural franks)

1. A hot dog or sausage.

   Buy a package of franks for the barbecue.

Synonyms

• frankfurt
• frankfurter

Related terms

• cocktail frank

See also

• sav
• savaloy

Etymology 3

Noun

frank (plural franks)

1. (UK) the grey heron.

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Estonian

Noun

frank (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. franc

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [frãŋk]

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Noun

frank m

1. franc

Declension

    declension of frank

	singular	plural
nominative	frank	franki
genitive	franka	franków
dative	frankowi	frankom
accusative	franka	franki
instrumental	frankiem	frankami
locative	franku	frankach
vocative	franku	franki