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français

See also: francais, and Français

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Altered from Middle French françois, from Old French françois, franceis, from France +‎ -ois, corresponding to Early Medieval Latin francēnsis, from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”). By surface analysis, France +‎ -ais.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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français (feminine française, masculine plural français, feminine plural françaises)

  1. French
    Il est l’un des entrepreneurs français les plus connus.
    He's one of the most well-known French entrepreneurs.
  2. (Louisiana) Franco-American or Francophone

Noun

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français m (uncountable)

  2. French (language)
    Synonyms: langue de Molière, langue de Voltaire
    Il parle très bien le français. ― He speaks French very well.
    Elle a fait beaucoup d’efforts pour améliorer son français.
    She made a lot of effort to improve her French.
    Le français est la sixième langue la plus parlée au monde après le chinois, l’anglais, le hindi, l’espagnol et l’arabe.
    French is the sixth most spoken language in the world after Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic.
    • 1936, Maurice Grevisse, edited by André Goosse, Le bon usage, 14th edition, published 2008, page 1238:
      Fort [adverbe de degré] reste vivant dans le français parlé en Belgique et dans certaines provinces de France ; il est très courant dans la langue écrite : […]
      Strong [adverb of degree] remains alive in the French spoken in Belgium and in certain provinces of France; it's very common in written language: […]

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