French
noun
uk/frentʃ/us/frentʃ/[U]
thelanguagethatpeoplespeakin France,partsof Belgium and Canada, and othercountries
法语the French[plural]
thepeopleof France
法国人Compare
Frenchman
Frenchwoman
- MargueriteteachesFrench at thelocalsecondaryschool.
- I can'tspeaka word of French so everyoneknowsI'm aforeignerassoonas Iarrivein France.
- French,Italian, andSpanisharemajorRomancelanguages.
- Have you got adictionaryI can use fortranslatingFrench intoEnglish?
- French is theofficiallanguagein many differentcountries.
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Ebonics
- Filipino
- Finno-Ugric
- Georgian
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Manx
- Mongolian
- Montenegrin
- Monégasque
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Romany
- Semitic
- Yiddish
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Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities
Idiom
excuse/pardon my French!
French
adjective
uk/frentʃ/us/frentʃ/belongingto orrelatingto France,itspeople, oritslanguage:
法国的；与法国（或法语、法国人）有关的Frenchfood/culture/music法国食品／文化／音乐
We used tospendourholidaysin asmallFrenchtown.我们曾在一个法国小镇里度假。
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Gallic
- Natalie'smotheris French and herfatherisEnglish.
- The Frenchfilm'trois hommes et un bébé' wasremadeinHollywoodas 'Three Men and a Baby'.
- There's acharming, butratherpricey, Frenchrestaurantjust around thecorner.
- They nowlivenear the Frenchtownof Limoges.
- Dior was a Frenchfashiondesigner.
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Ebonics
- Filipino
- Finno-Ugric
- Georgian
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Manx
- Mongolian
- Montenegrin
- Monégasque
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Romany
- Semitic
- Yiddish
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities
French
verb[IorT]
US(alsofrench)uk/frentʃ/us/frentʃ/Frenchverb[I or T](PREPARE MEAT)
toprepareachoporrib(= apieceofmeatcookedandservedon thebone)byremovinganymeatfrom the end of thebone:
Prepare a 4-bonerackoflambby Frenching thebones.
If theribboneshave been frenched,wrapthem withaluminumfoilso they don'tblacken.
Preparing animals & fish for cooking
- bone
- boneless
- butchery
- ceviche
- chine
- debeard
- devein
- fillet
- fleishig
- Frenching
- gut
- hang
- joint
- pluck
- render
- rendering
- skewer
- skinless
- spatchcock
- tenderize
Frenchverb[I or T](KISS)
informalold-fashioned
toFrenchkiss(=kisswith thelipsapartand thetonguestouching):
Everywhere there wereyoungcouplesFrenching.
Irealizedthat the woman who was frenching me was hiswife.