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How to pronounce french

IPA transcription: [f'ɹɛntʃ]

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Noun

  • the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

  • the people of France

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

Verb

  • cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking

    “French the potatoes”

Adjective

  • of or pertaining to France or the people of France

    “French cooking”

    “a Gallic shrug”

Usage examples

  • Nearly all French Canadians have some ancestors from the villages of Perche.
  • Gobeil is a French language surname.
  • The French lost no ships and eventually hauled off.
  • The French occupied Ancona and Loreto.
  • He also holds a French passport.
  • He is discovered and pursued by French secret agent, Jean Sten.
  • Ney's failure to cut the line of retreat robbed the French of complete victory.
  • At the university she has been studying also French.
  • Another French supply convoy was blocked by the English fleet two months later.
  • The language of instruction from kindergarten to secondary school is French.