France

See also: france, françé, Françé, and Francë

English

Map showing the location of France (in red).

Alternative forms

• (country): Fraunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic) origin. Believed to be most likely from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preng- (“pole, stalk”). Compare Frank. Displaced native Old English Francland.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹɑːns/, /fɹæns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɹæns/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns

Proper noun

France (usually uncountable, plural Frances)

2. A country in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.
   • 1837, George Sand, translated by Stanley Young, Mauprat‎^[1], Cassandra Editions, published 1977, →ISBN, page 237:

     For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.

   • 1998, Shanny Peer, France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore, →ISBN, page 2:

     Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force."

   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian‎^[2]:

     Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.

3. A surname from French, famously held by—
   1. Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist.
4. Alternative form of Frances; A female given name; feminine of Francis.

Holonyms

• (country): European Union, Europe

Derived terms

• fair maids of France
• Free France
• Little France
• Petty France
• Vichy France

 

Related terms

• franc
• Franc
• Frances
• Francis
• Francization
• Franco
• Franco-
• Francophile
• Francophobe
• Francophone
• Francophonie
• Frank
• Frankland
• French
• Frenchie, Frenchy
• Frenchification
• Frenchify
• Frenchman
• Frenchwoman
• lingua franca
• New France
• Tour de France

 

Descendants

• → Assamese: ফ্ৰান্স (phranso)
• → Hawaiian: Palani
• →? Japanese: フランス (Furansu)
• → Kalenjin: Frans
• → Kikuyu: Frans
• → Luhya: Frans
• → Meru: Frans
• → Sotho: France
• → Swahili: Ufaransa
• → Tokelauan: Falani

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Францызтәыла (Francəztʷʼəla)
• Acehnese: Peurancih
• Adyghe: Францие (Francije)
• Afrikaans: Frankryk (af)
• Ainu: フランス
• Akan: Frɛnkye
• Albanian: Francë f (indefinite) Franca (sq) f (definite), Frëngjia f, Frângjia f
• Alsatian: Frànkrych
• American Sign Language: F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist
• Amharic: ፈረንሣይ (färänśay)
• Antillean Creole: Frans f, Fwans f

  Martinican Creole: Fwans f

• Arabic: فَرَنْسَا (ar) f (faransā), فَرَنْسَة f (faransa), الْإِفْرَنْج f (al-ʔifranj) (archaic), الْفِرِنْجَة f (al-firinja) (archaic)

  Moroccan Arabic: فرنسا f (fransa)

• Aragonese: Franzia f
• Armenian: Ֆրանսիա (hy) (Fransia)
• Aromanian: Frãntsii f (indefinite), Frãntsia (definite), Gallia f
• Assamese: ফ্ৰান্স (phranso)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܢܓܝܐ (prāngya)
• Asturian: Francia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Fransa (az)
• Bashkir: Франция (Frantsiya)
• Basque: Frantzia (eu)
• Belarusian: Фра́нцыя f (Fráncyja)
• Bengali: ফ্রান্স (bn) (phranśo)
• Breton: Frañs (br) f (state), Bro-C'hall (br) f (country)
• Bulgarian: Фра́нция (bg) f (Fráncija)
• Burmese: ပြင်သစ် (prangsac)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Фра́нція f (Fráncija)
• Catalan: França (ca) f
• Cebuano: Pransiya
• Chechen: Франци (Franci)
• Cherokee: ᎦᎸᏥᏱ (galvtsiyi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 法國／法国 (faat³ gwok³)

  Dungan: Фагуй (Faguy), Фагуә (Faguə)

  Eastern Min: 法國／法国 (Huák-guók)

  Hakka: 法國／法国 (Fap-koet)

  Hokkien: 法國／法国 (zh-min-nan) (Hoat-kok)

  Mandarin: 法國／法国 (zh) (Fǎguó), 法蘭西／法兰西 (zh) (Fǎlánxī) (dated)

  Teochew: 法國／法国 (huag⁸ gog⁴)

  Wu: 法國／法国 (⁷faq-koq)

• Cornish: Pow Frynk (kw)
• Corsican: Francia f
• Crimean Tatar: Frenkistan
• Czech: Francie (cs) f
• Danish: Frankrig (da)
• Dhivehi: ފަރަންސޭސިވިލާތް (faran̊sēsivilāt̊)
• Dutch: Frankrijk (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཕརཱནསི་ (ph.rānsi)
• East Futuna: Falani
• Esperanto: Francio (eo), Francujo (eo)
• Estonian: Prantsusmaa (et)
• Extremaduran: Francia f
• Farefare: Fãreŋo, Farãnsa
• Faroese: Frakland
• Finnish: Ranska (fi)
• French: France (fr) f
• Gagauz: Franţa, Franţiya
• Galician: Francia (gl) f
• Georgian: საფრანგეთი (ka) (saprangeti)
• German: Frankreich (de) n

  Alemannic German: Frankriich, Frankrych

  Central Franconian: Frankrich (Ripuarian), Frankreich (Ripuarian)

• Greek: Γαλλία (el) f (Gallía)
• Guaraní: Hyãsia
• Gujarati: ફ્રાન્સ (phrāns)
• Haitian Creole: Frans
• Hausa: Fàr̃ansà f
• Hawaiian: Palani
• Hebrew: צָרְפַת (he) f (tsarfát)
• Hindi: फ़्रांस m (frāns), फ़्राँस m (frā̃s), फ़्रान्स (hi) m (frāns), फ्रांस (hi) m (phrāns)
• Hungarian: Franciaország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Frankreich n
• Icelandic: Frakkland (is) n
• Ido: Francia (io)
• Ilocano: Pransia
• Indonesian: Prancis (id)
• Ingrian: Frantsia
• Interlingua: Francia (ia)
• Irish: an Fhrainc (ga) f
• Italian: Francia (it) f
• Japanese: フランス (ja) (Furansu), 仏蘭西 (ja) (Furansu) (obsolete)
• Jarai: čar Prăng
• Javanese: Prancis
• Jingpho: pyin tit
• Kalenjin: Frans
• Kamba: Frans
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಂಸ್ (kn) (prāṃs)
• Kashmiri: फ्रांस (phrāṃs)
• Kashubian: Francjô f
• Kazakh: Франция (kk) (Fransiä)
• Khmer: បារាំង (km) (baarang)
• Kikuyu: Frans
• Korean: 프랑스 (ko) (Peurangseu), (rare) 불란서(佛蘭西) (ko) (Bullanseo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: فەرەنسا (ferensa)

  Northern Kurdish: Fransa (ku), Ferensa (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Франция (ky) (Frantsiya)
• Ladino: Frankia
• Lao: ຝະລັ່ງ (lo) (fa lang), ຝະຣັ່ງ (fa rang)
• Latin: Gallia (la) f, Francia (la) f, Francogallia f
• Latvian: Francija (lv) f
• Limburgish: Frankriek (li)
• Lithuanian: Prancūzija (lt) f
• Livonian: Prantsūzmō
• Low German: Frankriek (nds), Frankrich
• Lü: ᦝᦱᧉᦜᧂᧈ (faa²l̇ang¹)
• Luhya: Frans
• Luo: Frans
• Luxembourgish: Frankräich (lb) n
• Macedonian: Франција (mk) f (Francija)
• Malagasy: Frantsa (mg)
• Malay: Perancis (ms)
• Malayalam: ഫ്രാൻസ് (phrāṉsŭ)
• Maltese: Franza (mt) f
• Manchu: ᡶᠠ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (fa gurun), ᡶᠠ
  ᠯᠠᠨ
  ᠰᡳ (fa lan si)
• Maori: Parani, Wīwī (mi)
• Marathi: फ्रांस (phrāusa)
• Meru: Frans
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Франц (mn) (Franc), Франц улс (Franc uls)

• Moore: Fãrens tẽngẽ
• Nauruan: France
• Navajo: Dáághahii Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Neapolitan: Franza f
• Nepali: फ्रान्स (phrānsa)
• Norman: France f (Jersey)
• North Frisian: Frånkrik
• Northern Sami: Frankriika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Frankrike (no) n

  Nynorsk: Frankrike (nn) n

• Occitan: França (oc) f
• Odia: ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ୍ (phrāns)
• Okinawan: フランシ (Furanshi)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Франкїꙗ f (Frankija)

• Old English: Francland n
• Old Galician-Portuguese: França
• Ossetian: Франц (Franc)
• Pashto: فرانسه (ps) f (frānsa, farānsa), فرانس m (frāns, farāns)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: فَرَانْسَه (fa) (farānsa)

  Dari: فَرَانْسَه (fa) (farānsa)

  Iranian Persian: فَرانْسِه (fa) (farânse)

• Plains Cree: ᒥᐢᑎᑰᓰᓈᕁ (mistikôsînâhk), ᐁᐧᒥᐢᑎᑰᓰᓈᕁ (wêmistikôsînâhk), ᐁᐧᒥᐢᑎᑰᓰᐊᐧᐢᑭᕀ (wêmistikôsîwaskiy),
• Polish: Francja (pl) f
• Portuguese: França (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸ (frāns)
• Rade: Prăng
• Rarotongan: Varāni
• Romanian: Franța (ro) f
• Romansch: Frantscha
• Russian: Фра́нция (ru) f (Fráncija)
• Samoan: Farani
• Sanskrit: फ्रांस (phrāṃsa)
• Sardinian: Frantza
• Saterland Frisian: Frankriek
• Scots: Franse, Fraunce
• Scottish Gaelic: An Fhraing f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Фра̀нцӯска̄ f

  Roman: Fràncūskā (sh) f

• Sicilian: Francia f, Franza f (Old Sicilian)
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Silesian: Francyjo f
• Sinhalese: ප්‍රංශය (praṁśaya)
• Slovak: Francúzsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Fráncija (sl) f
• Somali: Faransa
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Francojska f

  Upper Sorbian: Francoska (hsb) f

• Sotho: France, Fora
• Spanish: Francia (es) f
• Swahili: Ufaransa (sw)
• Swedish: Frankrike (sv) n
• Tagalog: Pransya
• Tajik: Фаронса (tg) (Faronsa)
• Tamil: பிரான்ஸ் (pirāṉs)
• Tatar: Франция (tt) (Frantsiyä)
• Telugu: ఫ్రాన్స్ (te) (phrāns)
• Thai: ฝรั่งเศส (th) (fà-ràng-sèet)
• Tibetan: ཧྥ་རན་སི (hpha ran si)
• Tigrinya: ፈረንሳይ (färänsay)
• Tok Pisin: Pranis
• Turkish: Fransa (tr)
• Turkmen: Fransiýa
• Ubykh: Франгьшәабла (Frangʲŝʷabla)
• Ukrainian: Фра́нція (uk) f (Fráncija)
• Urdu: فْرانْس m (frāns), فْران٘س m (frā̃s)
• Uyghur: فرانسىيە (fransiye)
• Uzbek: Fransiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Pháp (vi), nước Pháp
• Volapük: Fransän (vo), (obsolete) Flent, (obsolete) Flentän
• Võro: Prantsusmaa
• Wallisian: Falani
• Walloon: France (wa) f
• Welsh: Ffrainc (cy) f
• West Flemish: Vrankryk n, Frankryk n
• West Frisian: Frankryk (fy)
• White Hmong: Fav Teb, Fab Kis (outdated) (informal)
• Yiddish: פֿראַנקרײַך n (frankraykh)
• Yoruba: ilẹ̀ Faran̄sé
• Zhuang: Fazgoz

a French surname

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 法郎士 (faat³ long⁴ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 法郎士 (Fǎlángshì)

• French: France (fr) m or f
• Marathi: फ्रांस (phrāusa)
• Russian: Франс (ru) m or f (Frans)

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Further reading

• France on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• France on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• France on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:France on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin Francia.

Proper noun

France f

1. France (a country in Western Europe)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe. Doublet of Francie.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃s/
  • (Provence) IPA^(key): /fʁãⁿsə/

• Audio (Belgium):

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /fʁãs/

• Audio (Quebec):

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /fɾɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Proper noun

France f

1. France (a country in Western Europe)
2. a female given name
3. a French surname

Derived terms

• faire une carte de France
• françafricain
• Françafrique
• français, Français
• Marie-France (given name)
• melon de France
• vieille France

Related terms

• François, Françoise (given names)

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: Fwans
• Haitian Creole: Frans
• Louisiana Creole: Frans, Lafrans (via la France)
• Mauritian Creole: Lafrans (via la France)
• → Cantonese: 法蘭西／法兰西 (faat3 laan4 sai1, faat3 laan4-1 sai1)
• → Burmese: ပြင်သစ် (prangsac)
• → Breton: Frañs
• → Eastern Min: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Huák-làng-să̤)
• → Finnish: Frans
• → Hokkien: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Hoat-lân-se)
• → Japanese: フランス (Furansu)
• → Khmer: បារាំង (baarang)
• → Korean: 프랑스 (Peurangseu)
• → Mandarin: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Fǎlánxī)
  • → Manchu: ᡶᠠ
    ᠯᠠᠨ
    ᠰᡳ (fa lan si)
• → Rade: Prăng
• → Romanian: Franța

See also

• (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

• Céfran

Friulian

Proper noun

France f

1. France (a country in Western Europe)

Related terms

• francês

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrãsə/

Proper noun

France f

1. France (a country in Western Europe)

Descendants

• French: France (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: Fraunce, France
  • English: France (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: Fraunce
• → Breton: Frañs

Norman

Alternative forms

• Fraunce (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French France, from Late Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Proper noun

France f

1. (Jersey) France (a country in Western Europe)

Old French

Excerpt from the Oxford manuscript of The Song of Roland showing 'francs' and 'france' without capital letters.

Alternative forms

• france (manuscript form)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin Francia.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾant͡sə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾansə/

Proper noun

France f (nominative singular France)

1. France (a country in Western Europe)

Related terms

• françois

Descendants

• Middle French: France
  • French: France (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle English: Fraunce, France
    • English: France (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: Fraunce
  • → Breton: Frañs
• Norman: France, Fraunce (continental Normandy)
• Picard: France
• Walloon: France