French
[fren(t)ʃ]
[fren(t)ʃ] or [frɛntʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France.
(noun.) the people of France.
(noun.) 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'.
(adj.) of or pertaining to France or the people of France; 'French cooking'; 'a Gallic shrug' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
(n.) The language spoken in France.
(n.) Collectively, the people of France.
Edited by Horace
Definition
adj. belonging to France or its people.—n. the people or language of France.—ns. French′-bean the common kidney bean eaten pods and all as a table vegetable; French′-berr′y a small berry the fruit of certain species of buckthorn used in dyeing yellow; French′-chalk an indurated clay extremely dense and of a smooth glossy surface and white colour; French′ery French fashions collectively; French′-horn a musical wind-instrument somewhat resembling a bugle; Frenchificā′tion.—v.t. French′ify to make French or Frenchlike: to infect with the manner of the French.—ns. French′iness; French′man a native or naturalised inhabitant of France:—fem. French′woman; French′-pol′ish a varnish for furniture consisting chiefly of shellac dissolved in some spirit; French′-pol′isher; French′-pol′ishing the method of coating furniture with French-polish.—adj. French′y with an exaggerated French manner.—French merino a fine twilled cloth of merino wool; French pox (obs.) syphilis; French roof a modified mansard-roof—really American; French white finely pulverised talc; French window a long window opening like a folding-door and serving for exit and entrance.—Take French leave to depart without notice or permission to disappear suspiciously.
Checker: Wilbur
Examples
- One of these fat bare-footed rascals came here to Civita Vecchia with us in the little French steamer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was the India into which the French and English were thrusting during the eighteenth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is much shorter, and probably not quite so exact as that of the French taxes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- On scrutiny they proved to be French compositions, written in a hand peculiar but compact, and exquisitely clean and clear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She was aware of Mademoiselle standing near, like a little French beetle, observant and calculating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As I could not understand or speak a word of French, I went to see our minister, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, and got him to send a deputy to answer for me, which he did, with my grateful thanks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was hard, when Karkov spoke, to remember with what importance he, Andr?Marty, came from the Central Committee of the French Communist Party. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was only after this foolish exploit that the idea of a republic took hold of the French mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Cassy busied herself with a French book; Emmeline, overcome with the exhaustion, fell into a doze, and slept some time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Two Greek papers and one French one were suppressed here within a few days of each other. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Luxembourg was included in the German Confederation, though its ruler was also King of the Netherlands, and though many of its peoples talked French. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is also every reason to believe that the French colonists in Maryland and Canada let no great time elapse before importing tables and equipment into those colonies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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