François

See also: Francois and françois

English

Proper noun

François

1. commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹænswɑ/, /ˈfrɒ̃swɑː/

Anagrams

• Fricanos

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Franciscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃.swa/

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Proper noun

François m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis.
2. a patronymic surname

Related terms

• Francis, Franck, Jean-François
• Françoise

See also

• français

Anagrams

• fronçais

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• françois

Adjective

François m (feminine singular Françoise, masculine plural François, feminine plural Françoises)

1. French (of, relating to or from France)

Noun

François m (plural François, feminine singular Françoise, feminine plural Françoises)

1. Frenchman
2. (in the singular) French language

Descendants

• French: français

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Old French

Alternative forms

• Françoys, Frauncheiz

Noun

François m (feminine Françoise)

1. Frenchman
   • circa 1200, Philippe de Nanteuil (from 'Anthologie de la poésie lyrique des XII^e et XIII^e siècles'), En chantant veil mon duel faire, →ISBN, page 188:

     Ha ! Quens be Bar, quel soufreite
     De vous le François avront.

     Ha! Count of Bar, such a suffering
     Will the French inherit from you.

Descendants

• French: Français