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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL.
     franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis,
     franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and
     cf. Frankish.]
     Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
        vulgaris).
  
     French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
        ({Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
        purple pigment.
  
     French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
        Window.
  
     French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
        for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
  
     French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
        Bear's-ear.
  
     French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
        backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
        freely.
  
     French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
        ({H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
        
  
     French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
        long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
        expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
        sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
  
     French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
        esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
  
     French pie [French (here used in sense of ``foreign'') +
        pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
        (Zo["o]l.), the European great spotted woodpecker
        ({Dryobstes major); -- called also wood pie.
  
     French polish.
     (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
         gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
         shellac with other gums added.
     (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
         above.
  
     French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
        for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
        mordants. --Ure.
  
     French red rouge.
  
     French rice, amelcorn.
  
     French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
        a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
  
     French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
        logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
  
     French window. See under Window.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  French \French\, prop. n.
     1. The language spoken in France.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Collectively, the people of France.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat
     shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
         Solea and allied genera of the family Soleid[ae],
         especially the common European species ({Solea
         vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.
     (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling
         the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole
         ({Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole
         ({Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Lemon, or French, sole (Zo["o]l.), a European species
        of sole ({Solea pegusa).
  
     Smooth sole (Zo["o]l.), the megrim.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat
     shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
     (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
         Solea and allied genera of the family Soleid[ae],
         especially the common European species ({Solea
         vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.
     (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling
         the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole
         ({Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole
         ({Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
  
     Lemon, or French, sole (Zo["o]l.), a European species
        of sole ({Solea pegusa).
  
     Smooth sole (Zo["o]l.), the megrim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  French \French\ (fr[e^]nch), a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus,
     from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois,
     fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See Frank, a., and cf.
     Frankish.]
     Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
  
     French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean ({Phaseolus
        vulgaris).
  
     French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn
        ({Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or
        purple pigment.
  
     French casement (Arch.) See French window, under
        Window.
  
     French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used
        for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
  
     French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See
        Bear's-ear.
  
     French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it
        backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
        freely.
  
     French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum
        ({H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
        
  
     French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
        long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
        expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
        sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
  
     French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
        esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
  
     French pie [French (here used in sense of ``foreign'') +
        pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)]
        (Zo["o]l.), the European great spotted woodpecker
        ({Dryobstes major); -- called also wood pie.
  
     French polish.
     (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
         gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
         shellac with other gums added.
     (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the
         above.
  
     French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
        for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
        mordants. --Ure.
  
     French red rouge.
  
     French rice, amelcorn.
  
     French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having
        a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
  
     French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
        logwood; -- called also plum tub. --Ure.
  
     French window. See under Window.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  French \French\, n.
     1. The language spoken in France.
  
     2. Collectively, the people of France.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  French
       adj : of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French
             cooking"; "a gallic shrug" [syn: Gallic]
       n 1: the Romance language spoken in France and in countries
            colonized by France
       2: the people of France [syn: French people]
       3: United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure
          of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
          D.C. (1850-1931) [syn: Daniel Chester French]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  french
     Γαλλικά n.
     (''Κεμπέκ'') φιλί με την γλώσσα

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  French
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 (ετ γλώσσες en) τα γαλλικά, η γαλλική γλώσσα
     2 (ετ εθνικό en) συλλογικά οι Γάλλος
     3 (επώνυμο: en)
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (ετ γλώσσες en) τα γαλλικά, η γαλλική γλώσσα
     2 (ετ εθνικό en) συλλογικά οι Γάλλος
     3 (επώνυμο: en)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  french
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
     2 (lb en transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s
  tongue into the other person's mouth.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
     4 (lb en cuisine) To (l en French trim); to stylishly expose bone by
  removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or
  bone-in rib-eye steak).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  French
     a.
     1 Of or relating to France.
     2 Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
     3 Of or relating to the #Proper noun.
     4 (lb en slang sexuality) Of or related to oral sex, especially
  fellatio.
     5 (lb en informal often euphemistic) (n-g: Used to form names or
  references to venereal diseases.)
     alt.
     (l en french)
     n.
     (lb en chiefly collective and in the plural) The people of France;
  groups of #Adjective people.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly uncountable) The Romance language of France, shared by
  the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former
  #Adjective colony around the world.
     vb.
     (alternative case form of en french)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  french
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
     2 (lb en transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s
  tongue into the other person's mouth.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
     4 (lb en cuisine) To (l en French trim); to stylishly expose bone by
  removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or
  bone-in rib-eye steak).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  French
     a.
     1 Of or relating to France.
     2 Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
     3 Of or relating to the #Proper noun.
     4 (lb en slang sexuality) Of or related to oral sex, especially
  fellatio.
     5 (lb en informal often euphemistic) (n-g: Used to form names or
  references to venereal diseases.)
     alt.
     (l en french)
     n.
     (lb en chiefly collective and in the plural) The people of France;
  groups of #Adjective people.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly uncountable) The Romance language of France, shared by
  the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former
  #Adjective colony around the world.
     vb.
     (alternative case form of en french)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  french
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
     2 (lb en transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s
  tongue into the other person's mouth.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
     4 (lb en cuisine) To (l en French trim); to stylishly expose bone by
  removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or
  bone-in rib-eye steak).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  French
     a.
     1 Of or relating to France.
     2 Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
     3 Of or relating to the #Proper noun.
     4 (lb en slang sexuality) Of or related to oral sex, especially
  fellatio.
     5 (lb en informal often euphemistic) (n-g: Used to form names or
  references to venereal diseases.)
     alt.
     (l en french)
     n.
     (lb en chiefly collective and in the plural) The people of France;
  groups of #Adjective people.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly uncountable) The Romance language of France, shared by
  the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former
  #Adjective colony around the world.
     vb.
     (alternative case form of en french)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  french
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
     2 (lb en transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s
  tongue into the other person's mouth.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
     4 (lb en cuisine) To (l en French trim); to stylishly expose bone by
  removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or
  bone-in rib-eye steak).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  French
     a.
     1 Of or relating to France.
     2 Of or relating to the people or culture of France.
     3 Of or relating to the #Proper noun.
     4 (lb en slang sexuality) Of or related to oral sex, especially
  fellatio.
     5 (lb en informal often euphemistic) (n-g: Used to form names or
  references to venereal diseases.)
     alt.
     (l en french)
     n.
     (lb en chiefly collective and in the plural) The people of France;
  groups of #Adjective people.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly uncountable) The Romance language of France, shared by
  the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former
  #Adjective colony around the world.
     vb.
     (alternative case form of en french)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  French
     Englanti a.
     ranskalainen
     Englanti n.
     1 ranskalainen (+luokka fr kansa)
     2 (''ei monikkoa'') ranskan kieli

From Albanian Wiktionary [incomplete] (2016-11-13) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sq-ALL-2016-11-13 ]


  French
     Anglishte n.
     gjuha frënge

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  French
     Engelska a.
     fransk; som har att göra med Frankrike, fransmän eller det franska
  språket
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=språk språk=en) franska; ett språk som bland annat talas
  i Frankrike, Belgien och Schweiz samt i flera gamla franska kolonier
     2 grov eller vulgär användning av språk; språk med mycket svordomar
  och grova ord
     3 (tagg kat=schacköppningar språk=en) franskt, schacköppning som
  börjar med dragen ''1. e4 e6''

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  French /fɹˈɛntʃ/
  Frans, Franse taal

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  French /fɹˈɛntʃ/
  1. Frans
  2. Franse taal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  French /fɹˈɛntʃ/
  الفرنسيون

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  French //fɹɛnt͡ʃ// //fɹɛnʃ// 
  1. фре́нски, френски
  of or relating to France
  2. френски
  of or relating to the French people

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  French //fɹɛnt͡ʃ// //fɹɛnʃ// 
  французин
  people of France, collectively

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  French //fɹɛnt͡ʃ// //fɹɛnʃ// 
  [[фре́нски]] [[ези́к]], фре́нски
  principal language of France and other related countries