English - Alternative Forms

• Fraunce (obsolete)

English - Etymology

From French France, Old French France, Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe. Etymology of Francī itself is uncertain, but of Proto-Germanic origin, possibly related to Sanskrit firang (“foreign”). Compare Frank.

English - Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹɑːns/, /fɹæns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɹæns/
• Rhymes: -ɑːns

English - Proper Noun

France (plural Frances)

1. A country in Western Europe which borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain, is a member state of the European Union, and has a population of 62 million inhabitants. Official name: French Republic (République française).
   • 1998, Shanny Peer, France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore (ISBN 0791437108), page 2:

     Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force."

2. A French surname​.

   Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist

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English - See Also

• Appendix:Place names in France
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}

English - References

1. ^ A. C. Murray, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader. Broadview Press Ltd, 2000. p. 1.

French - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃s/

French - Etymology

From Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.

French - Proper Noun

France f

1. France (country)
2. A female given name
3. A French surname​.

Related terms

• François, Françoise (given names)

Derived terms

• français, Français
• Marie-France (given name)

French - Anagrams

• Céfran

Jèrriais - Etymology

From Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Franc?, the name of a Germanic tribe.

Jèrriais - Proper Noun

France f

1. France

Middle French - Proper Noun

France f

1. France (country of the Europe)

Old French - Etymology

From Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.

Old French - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frãnt.sə/

Old French - Proper Noun

France f (nominative singular France)

1. France (country)

Related terms

• françois

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