franc

From French franc

• IPA^(key): /fɹæŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk
• Homophones: frank, Frank

franc (plural francs)

1. A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.
2. Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss Franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies.

The word franc is abbreviated 'F' in ISO 4217 currency codes, usually prepended by the country's 2-letter alpha code in the case of national currencies:

• BIF: Burundi Franc
• CDF: Congolese Franc
• CHF: Swiss Franc
• DJF: Djibouti Franc
• GNF: Guinean Franc
• KMF: Comorian Franc
• RAF: Rwandan Franc
• XAF: Central African Franc
• XOF: West African Franc

• ARFCN

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaŋk/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaŋ/

franc (feminine franca, masculine plural francs, feminine plural franques)

1. frank

• francament
• franquejar
• franquesa

• franquícia

franc m (plural francs)

1. franc (currency)
2. Frank (one of the Franks)

• “franc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “franc” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “franc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “franc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French franc.

franc c (singular definite francen, plural indefinite franc)

1. franc (currency)

• belgierfranc
• schweizerfranc

• “franc” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃/

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From Middle French, from Old French franc (“free, genuine, sincere”), from Late Latin Franc (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Frank (“a Frank”), a name probably taken from Proto-Germanic *frankô, *frakkōn (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *prAng-, *prAgn- (“pole, stalk”). Cognate with Old Norse frakka (“javelin, throwing spit”), Old English franca (“javelin, lance”).

franc (feminine singular franche, masculine plural francs, feminine plural franches)

1. free

   Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté.

   His action was performed out of his free will.

2. frank
3. full

   4 jours francs ― 4 full days

4. tax-free

   Port franc ― Free port

• franchement
• franchise

From Middle French, from Medieval Latin Franc (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Frank (“a Frank”) (see Etymology 1). Compare also Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English Franca (“a Frank”). See also Feringhee.

franc m (plural francs)

1. (monetary) franc
2. Frank

franc (feminine singular franque, masculine plural francs, feminine plural franques)

1. Frankish, Franconian.

• (money): sou

• “franc” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin Francī, plural of Francus (“Frank, French”). The noun meaning "syphilis" possibly derives from the noun phrase franc betegség ("French disease").

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrɒnt͡s]

franc (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) French

franc (plural francok)

1. (obsolete) French
2. (archaic) syphilis
3. (vulgar) damn

   A francba! - Damn/Shit!

   Menj a francba! - Go to hell!

• francba

franc m (plural frans)

1. franc (unit of currency)

franc m (feminine singular franche, masculine plural frans, feminine plural franches)

1. noble

From Old French franc (“free, genuine, sincere”), from Late Latin Franc (“a Frank”), of Frankish origin.

franc m

1. (Jersey) frank

• franchement (“frankly”)

Latin Francus, thought to be from Frankish.

• IPA^(key): /frãnk/
• Rhymes: -ãnk

franc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular franche)

1. French
2. free
3. noble; of noble descent
4. brave; valiant

• IPA^(key): /fraŋk/

Borrowed from French Franc.

franc m (plural franci)

1. a Frank (Germanic tribe)

franc m or n (feminine singular francă, masculine plural franci, feminine and neuter plural france)

1. of a Frank, Frankish

• frânc

• francez

Borrowed from French franc (noun).

franc m (plural franci)

1. (numismatics) a franc (French, Swiss, or Belgian)

Borrowed from French franc (adjective).

franc m or n (feminine singular francă, masculine plural franci, feminine and neuter plural france)

1. frank, sincere, honest