France
English
Alternative forms
- Fraunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English France, borrowed from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic) origin.[1] Compare Frank. Displaced Francland, Francrīċe.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹɑːns/, /fɹæns/
- (US) IPA(key): /fɹæns/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns
- Rhymes: -æns
Proper noun
France (plural Frances)
- The French Republic, a country in western Europe and member state of the European Union (since 1993), having Paris as its capital city, bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.
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- Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force."
- 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.
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- Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist.
Derived terms
Meronyms
- (country): European Union, Europe
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
country
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a French surname
See also
- Appendix:Place names in France
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
References
- ^ A. C. Murray, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader. Broadview Press Ltd, 2000. p. 1.
French
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle French France, from Old French France, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.
Proper noun
France f
- France (country)
- a female given name
- a French surname
Related terms
Derived terms
- français, Français
- Marie-France (given name)
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: Frans
- Antillean Creole: Lafrans (via la France)
- Mauritian Creole: Lafrans (via la France)
- → Breton: Frañs
- → Chinese:
- Mandarin: 法蘭西/法兰西 (Fǎlánxī)
- Cantonese: 法蘭西/法兰西 (faat3 laan4 sai1, faat3 laan4-1 sai1)
- Eastern Min: 法蘭西/法兰西 (Huák-làng-să̤)
- Min Nan: 法蘭西/法兰西 (Hoat-lân-se)
- → Manchu: ᡶᠠ
ᠯᠠᠨ
ᠰᡳ (fa lan si)
- → Japanese: フランス (Furansu)
- → Khmer: បារាំង (baarang)
- → Korean: 프랑스 (Peurangseu)
- → Rade: Prăng
- → Romanian: Franța
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French France.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
France f
Descendants
Norman
Alternative forms
- Fraunce (continental Normandy)
Etymology
From Old French France, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Proper noun
France f
Old French
Alternative forms
- france (manuscript form)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
France f (nominative singular France)
- France (country)
Related terms
Descendants
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