Francien
See also: francien
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French francien.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editFrancien
- The dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
- 1996, Timothy James McGee, A. G. Rigg, David N. Klausner, Singing Early Music, →ISBN, page 66:
- There were about eleven dialects in Old French, but not all were of literary importance, and all were increasingly dominated from the end of the twelfth century by Francien, the language used by the royal court and the centralized administration in and around Paris.
- 2003, Adrian Battye, Marie-Anne Hintze, Paul Rowlett, The French Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction, →ISBN:
- Conversely, native Francien-speaking poets often displayed a degree of linguistic smugness and superiority.
Adjective
editFrancien (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.