Ferenc

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]

Proper noun

Ferenc m anim (female equivalent Ferencová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Ferenc (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ferenc	Ferencové
genitive	Ference	Ferenců
dative	Ferencovi	Ferencům
accusative	Ference	Ference
vocative	Ferenci	Ferencové
locative	Ferencovi	Ferencích
instrumental	Ferencem	Ferenci

Further reading

• “Ferenc”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Hungarian

Ferenc Liszt (painting of Miklós Barabás)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt͡s
• Hyphenation: Fe‧renc

Proper noun

Ferenc

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Francis.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ferenc	Ferencek
accusative	Ferencet	Ferenceket
dative	Ferencnek	Ferenceknek
instrumental	Ferenccel	Ferencekkel
causal-final	Ferencért	Ferencekért
translative	Ferenccé	Ferencekké
terminative	Ferencig	Ferencekig
essive-formal	Ferencként	Ferencekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Ferencben	Ferencekben
superessive	Ferencen	Ferenceken
adessive	Ferencnél	Ferenceknél
illative	Ferencbe	Ferencekbe
sublative	Ferencre	Ferencekre
allative	Ferenchez	Ferencekhez
elative	Ferencből	Ferencekből
delative	Ferencről	Ferencekről
ablative	Ferenctől	Ferencektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Ferencé	Ferenceké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Ferencéi	Ferencekéi

Possessive forms of Ferenc

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Ferencem	Ferenceim
2nd person sing.	Ferenced	Ferenceid
3rd person sing.	Ference	Ferencei
1st person plural	Ferencünk	Ferenceink
2nd person plural	Ferencetek	Ferenceitek
3rd person plural	Ferencük	Ferenceik

Derived terms

• ferences

Diminutives

• Fecó
• Fecóka
• Fercsi
• Ferencke
• Feri
• Ferike
• Ferkó
• Feró
• Ferus

Compound words

• Ferencváros

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Ferenc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.rɛnt͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt͡s
• Syllabification: Fe‧renc

Proper noun

Ferenc m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Ferenc

	singular	plural
nominative	Ferenc	Ferencowie
genitive	Ferenca	Ferenców
dative	Ferencowi	Ferencom
accusative	Ferenca	Ferenców
instrumental	Ferencem	Ferencami
locative	Ferencu	Ferencach
vocative	Ferencu	Ferencowie

Proper noun

Ferenc f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Derived terms

• Ferencowa
• Ferencówna

Further reading

• “Ferenc”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030