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Definition of French

1. Noun. The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France.

2. Verb. Cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking. "French the potatoes"

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to France or the people of France. "A Gallic shrug"

4. Noun. The people of France.

5. Noun. United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931).

Definition of French

1. a. Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.

2. n. The language spoken in France.

Definition of French

1. Proper noun. A Romance language spoken primarily in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Valle d'Aosta and many former French colonies. ¹

2. Noun. (context collective _ plural) People of France, collectively. ¹

3. Noun. (informal) vulgar Vulgar language. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or relating to France. ¹

5. Adjective. Of or relating to the people or culture of France. ¹

6. Adjective. Of or relating to the French language. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of French

1. to cut into thin strips before cooking [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of French

1. Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. Origin: AS. Frencisc, LL. Franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. Franceis, franchois, franois, F. Franais. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of French

frelte frem fremd fremder fremdest fremds fremed fremedly fremit fremits

fremitus fremituses frena frenal french french-fried potatoes french-fry french fries french letter french letters

french pressure cell frenched frenches frenchification frenchified frenchifies frenchifying frenching frenchise

Literary usage of French

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater (1899)
"But it was in France also, in a very important sense, that the Renaissance had begun ; and French writers, who are fond of connecting the creations of ..."

2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"CHAP TEH I. WHEN it bad been resolved that the French and the CHA P. ... the French Emperor named an officer to the command of his army in the field, ..."

3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Cosmopolitan Spirit in Literature: A Study of by Joseph Texte (1899)
"The French colony in London—Propaganda of the refugees on behalf of English philosophy and English political institutions. III. ..."

4. Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances: To which is Prefixed an by George Ellis, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1848)
"SECTION I. Vior of the Changes which took place in the Romance or French Language, in consequence of the first Danish Invasions. ..."

5. A History of Missouri by Eugene Morrow Violette (1918)
"HISTORY OF MISSOURI CHAPTER I EARLY French SETTLEMENTS IN MISSOURI,-S9 [Historical Setting. — The French and Indian War, including the Treaty of Paris,. ..."

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