France
English
Map showing the location of France (in red).
Alternative forms
- Fraunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English France, borrowed from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic) origin.[1] Compare Frank. Displaced Francland, Francrīċe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
France (plural Frances)
- The French Republic, a country in western Europe and member state of the European Union (since 1993), having Paris as its capital city, bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.
- 1998, Shanny Peer, France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore →ISBN, 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."
- 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:
- Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.
- 1998, Shanny Peer, France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore →ISBN, page 2:
- A French surname, famously held by—
- Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist.
Meronyms
- (country): European Union, Europe
Related terms
Translations
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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, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
References
- A. C. Murray, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader. Broadview Press Ltd, 2000. p. 1.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁɑ̃s/
audio (France) (file) audio (Quebec) (file)
Etymology
From Middle French France, from Old French France, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.
Derived terms
- français, Français
- Marie-France (given name)
Descendants
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French France.
Norman
Alternative forms
- Fraunce (continental Normandy)
Etymology
From Old French France, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Old French
Excerpt from the Oxford manuscript of The Song of Roland showing 'francs' and 'france' without capital letters.
Alternative forms
- france (manuscript form)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrãn.t͡sə/
Related terms
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