Frans
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editFrans (plural Franses)
- A surname from Dutch.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Frans is the 37848th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Frans is most common among White (86.71%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 599.
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editFrans (attributive Franse, not comparable)
- French (of, from, or pertaining to France, the French people or the French language)
Proper noun
editFrans
- French (the language spoken by the French people)
Danish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProper noun
editFrans
- a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch fransch, from fransoys, from Old French françois, from Medieval Latin franciscus, from Late Latin Francus.
Adjective
editFrans (not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Frans | ||||
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uninflected | Frans | |||
inflected | Franse | |||
comparative | Franser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | Frans | Franser | het Franst het Franste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | Franse | Fransere | Franste |
n. sing. | Frans | Franser | Franste | |
plural | Franse | Fransere | Franste | |
definite | Franse | Fransere | Franste | |
partitive | Frans | Fransers | — |
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editProper noun
editFrans n
- French (language)
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom French François and Latin Franciscus.
Proper noun
editFrans m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Javindo: Pang
Faroese
editEtymology
editUltimately, from Latin Franciscus.
Proper noun
editFrans m
- a male given name
Usage notes
edit- son of Frans: Fransson
- daughter of Frans: Fransdóttir
Declension
editsingular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Frans |
accusative | Frans |
dative | Fransi |
genitive | Frans |
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Swedish Frans < Franciscus (“French”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editFrans
- a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
Declension
editInflection of Frans (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Frans | Fransit | |
genitive | Fransin | Fransien | |
partitive | Fransia | Franseja | |
illative | Fransiin | Franseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Frans | Fransit | |
accusative | nom. | Frans | Fransit |
gen. | Fransin | ||
genitive | Fransin | Fransien | |
partitive | Fransia | Franseja | |
inessive | Fransissa | Franseissa | |
elative | Fransista | Franseista | |
illative | Fransiin | Franseihin | |
adessive | Fransilla | Franseilla | |
ablative | Fransilta | Franseilta | |
allative | Fransille | Franseille | |
essive | Fransina | Franseina | |
translative | Fransiksi | Franseiksi | |
abessive | Fransitta | Franseitta | |
instructive | — | Fransein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- (religion) Franciscus
- (nickname) Ransu
- (surnames) Franssila, Frantsi, Rantsi, Ranttila
- (place name) Rantsila
Statistics
edit- Frans is the 256th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,857 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,248 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Haitian Creole
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editFrans
- France (a country in Western Europe)
Related terms
editIcelandic
editProper noun
editFrans m (proper noun, genitive singular Frans)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
Declension
editDeclension of Frans (sg-only masculine)
indefinite singular | |
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nominative | Frans |
accusative | Frans |
dative | Frans |
genitive | Frans |
Norwegian
editEtymology
editProper noun
editFrans
- a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
Swedish
editEtymology
editProper noun
editFrans c (genitive Frans)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Francis
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- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English surnames from Dutch
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- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans adjectives
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:France
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- Danish terms borrowed from German
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑns
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old French
- Dutch terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Late Latin
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch given names
- Dutch male given names
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- Faroese terms derived from Latin
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑns
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑns/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Haitian Creole terms derived from French
- Haitian Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Haitian Creole lemmas
- Haitian Creole proper nouns
- ht:France
- ht:Countries in Europe
- ht:Countries
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
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- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic male given names
- Norwegian terms borrowed from German
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- Norwegian lemmas
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- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
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- Swedish common-gender nouns
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