Frankish

English

Etymology

From Frank +‎ -ish. Compare Middle English Frenkisch, Frenkis (“Frankish, French”), Old English Frencisc (“Frankish, French”). More at French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/

Adjective

Frankish (comparative more Frankish, superlative most Frankish)

1. Of or pertaining to the Franks.
2. In or of the language of the Franks.

Synonyms

• Franconian; see also Frankian, Francian

Translations

of or pertaining to the Franks

• Arabic: إِفْرَنْجِيّ (ʔifranjiyy)
• Armenian: ֆրանկական (hy) (frankakan)
• Breton: frank (br)
• Catalan: franc (ca)
• Danish: frankisk
• Dutch: Frankisch (nl)
• French: francique (fr)
• German: fränkisch (de)
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• Italian: franco (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frankisk (no)

  Nynorsk: frankisk

• Old Church Slavonic: франьчьскъ (franĭčĭskŭ), фрачьскъ (fračĭskŭ), фрѧжьскъ (fręžĭskŭ), фрѧѕьскъ (frędzĭskŭ)
• Portuguese: franco (pt), frâncico (pt)
• Russian: франкский (ru) (frankskij)

Proper noun

Frankish

1. The language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language.

Synonyms

• Old Frankish

Translations

the language of the Franks

• Armenian: ֆրանկերեն (frankeren)
• Danish: frankisk
• Dutch: Oudfrankisch (nl), Frankisch (nl)
• French: francique (fr)
• German: Altfränkisch (de) n, Fränkisch (de) n
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• Portuguese: frâncico (pt) m
• Russian: франкский (ru) (frankskij)
• Spanish: fráncico m
• Swedish: frankiska c

See also

• [[:Category:|Wiktionary’s coverage of terms]]

Further reading

• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Frankish|]].

Anagrams

• shark fin, shark-fin, sharkfin