Definitions for French

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French French

Spelling: [french]

IPA: /frɛntʃ/

French is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in French (cefhnr).

Definitions for French

noun

1. the people of France and their direct descendants.
2. a Romance language spoken in France, parts of Belgium and Switzerland, and in areas colonized after 1500 by France.
3. Alice ("Octave Thanet") 1850–1934, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
4. Daniel Chester, 1850–1931, U.S. sculptor.
5. Sir John Denton Pinkstone [den-tn pingk-stohn,, -stuh n] /ˈdɛn tn ˈpɪŋk stoʊn,, -stən/ (Show IPA), 1st Earl of Ypres, 1852–1925, English field marshal in World War I.
6. Marilyn, 1929–2009, U.S. novelist and nonfiction writer.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. (often lowercase) to prepare (food) according to a French method.
2. (often lowercase) to cut (snap beans) into slivers or thin strips before cooking.
3. (often lowercase) to trim the meat from the end of (a rib chop).
4. (often lowercase) to prepare (meat) for cooking by slicing it into strips and pounding.
5. Slang. to short-sheet (a bed).
6. (often lowercase) Slang: Vulgar. to give oral stimulation of the penis or vulva.

Origin of French

before 1150; Middle English Frensh, French, Old English Frenc(sc). See Frank, -ish¹

Examples for French

The comedian responded to the deadly attack on a French satirical magazine by renewing his recent criticisms of the Islamic faith.

Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.

The FBI has also been searching its records for any information that could assist the French investigation, a spokesperson added.

The French were the grand improvers of every thing, though only for their own objects.

I have a French feather-bed there, which I have been at pains to keep these years back.

The little truffled French sausages aroused his better nature.

As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.

I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.

His mother's maiden name was Cordes, and she also was of French extraction.

The dread of French domination seems to have haunted him like a nightmare.