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US
/ˈfɹɛntʃ/
]
[ UK /fɹˈɛntʃ/ ]
[ UK /fɹˈɛntʃ/ ]
NOUN
- the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
- the people of France
VERB
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cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking
French the potatoes
ADJECTIVE
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of or pertaining to France or the people of France
French cooking
a Gallic shrug
How To Use French In A Sentence
- Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.
- In the early 1800s, the French weaver Joseph Jacquard invented a loom in which a series of punched cards controlled the patterns of cloth and carpet produced.
- Nothing was that different from what could be seen in Los Angeles, except that the signs were all in French and there were no SUVs in sight.
- French authorities also confirmed that there was a vehicle containing around 100kg (220lb) of phenol - also known as carbolic acid - close to the site on fire. The Guardian World News
- If Ratzinger wants to stay in Italy and scare school kids by telling them God is watching when they French kiss or masturbate, that is his sexual silliness. Joe Cutbirth: The Pope Can't Get Away With This
- In etymological terms, the word Maremma derives from the Latin mare, or sea, and is related to the French marais.
- These constricted unmyelinated regions are called nodes of Ran-vier (rahn-vee-ay), after the French histologist Louis Antoine The Human Brain
- Mediterranean to look out for a French and Spanish squadron, which had been on the coast of Portugal, but returned to Ferrol --- I received all your letters by the Turkish corvette, which is arrived at Messina. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2
- And as journalists and commentators have often said, the French elected a man and not a couple. Times, Sunday Times
- The French and Dutch results were punishment for political failure on a grand scale.