Frank
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English Frank, partially from Old English Franca (“a Frank”); and partially from Old French Franc, and/or Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Cognate with Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English franca (“spear, javelin”). Compare Saxon, ultimately a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”).
Noun
Frank (plural Franks)
- One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
Derived terms
Related terms
- franc
- France
- French
- Frenchify
- franchise
- Francia
- francisation, francization
- francise, francize (in Quebec; Oxford dictionary: [1])
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Etymology 2
The surname derives from the medieval tribal name. The given name is also a form of Francis, with formal given name status since the 19th century.
Proper noun
Frank
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- Mrs. Ford. How now, sweet Frank! why art thou melancholy?
- A diminutive of the male given name Francis
- 1996 Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, →ISBN, Chapter VII, page 197:
- Your name is Francis, is it?
- Frank, sir.
- Your name is Francis. There was never a St. Frank. That's a name for gangsters and politicians.
- 1996 Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, →ISBN, Chapter VII, page 197:
- A surname transferred from the nickname
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Danish
Proper noun
Frank
- a male given name borrowed from English and German.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vranke, from Old Dutch franko.
Noun
Frank m (plural Franken)
- (chiefly plural) Frank (member of a Migration-Period Germanic tribe)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Frank m
- an unknown-gender given name from Dutch, Frank.
Faroese
Proper noun
Frank m
- a male given name.
Usage notes
- son of Frank: Franksson
- daughter of Frank: Franksdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Frank |
Accusative | Frank |
Dative | Franki |
Genitive | Franks |
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Frank m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Frank.
Usage notes
- More often spelled Franck
German
Etymology
From Old High German Franko (“a Frank”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Frank
- a surname
- a male given name used in the Middle Ages and revived in the nineteenth century. Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Frank m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Frank.
Declension
Manx
Etymology 1
From Latin Francia, from Francus (“Frank”).
Proper noun
yn Rank f (genitive ny Frank)
Usage notes
- Always preceded by the definite article.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Frank m
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Francis.
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Frank | Rank | Vrank |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norwegian
Etymology
From English or, rarely, English Frank, in the 19th century.
Proper noun
Frank
- a male given name.
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 272 males with the given name Frank living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Frank m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Frank
Related terms
Swedish
Proper noun
Frank c (genitive Franks)
- a male given name borrowed from English or, rarely, from German.
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