franca

See also: Franca and França

Catalan

Adjective

franca f sg

1. feminine singular of franc

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Esperanto

franca flago

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈfrant͡sa]
• Rhymes: -ant͡sa
• Hyphenation: fran‧ca

Adjective

franca (accusative singular francan, plural francaj, accusative plural francajn)

1. French (of or pertaining to France, the French people, or the French language)
2. (la franca) Clipping of la franca lingvo (“the French language”).

Hypernyms

• eŭropa (“European”)

Derived terms

• franclingvano, francparolanto (“a French speaker”)
• francparola, francparolanta (“French-speaking”)

Related terms

• france (“in French”)
• Francio (“France”)
• franco (“a French person”)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -anka

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective franco.

Derived terms

• farla franca (“to get away with it”)

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) franca

1. nominative feminine singular of francus
2. nominative neuter plural of francus
3. accusative neuter plural of francus
4. vocative feminine singular of francus
5. nominative neuter plural of francus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) francā

1. ablative feminine singular of francus

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Cognate with Old Norse frakka (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɑn.kɑ/, [ˈfrɑŋ.kɑ]

Noun

franca m

1. lance, javelin, spear

Declension

Declension of franca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	franca	francan
accusative	francan	francan
genitive	francan	francena
dative	francan	francum

Derived terms

• Franca

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Portuguese

Adjective

franca

1. feminine singular of franco

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Spanish

Adjective

franca

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective franco.