françois
Middle French edit
Noun edit
françois m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of françoys
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From France + -ois, corresponding to Medieval Latin francēnsis, from Late Latin Francus (“Frank (tribal name)”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
françois m (oblique and nominative feminine singular françoise)
Noun edit
françois oblique singular, m (nominative singular françois)
- the (Old) French language
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci commence le miracle de Théophile:
- S'en sui plus dolenz, Salatin,
Quar en françois ne en latin
Ne finai onques de proier- I am very sad about it, Satan
For neither in French nor in Latin
Have I stopped praying for you
- I am very sad about it, Satan
Descendants edit
- Gallo: fraunceiz
- Middle French: françoys, françois
- French: français
- → Italian: francese, francioso
- → Romanian: francez
- → Middle Dutch: fransois, fransoys, frantsoys
- → Middle High German: franzōs, franzois, franzoisch
- German: Franzose
- Luxembourgish: Fransous; franséisch
- ⇒ Middle High German: franzoisisch, franzœsisch
- German: französisch
- Hunsrik: franzeesisch