Frankish

English

Etymology

From Frank +‎ -ish. Compare Middle English Frenkisch, Frenkis (“Frankish, French”), Old English Frencisc (“Frankish, French”). More at French.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/

Adjective

Frankish (comparative more Frankish, superlative most Frankish)

Of or pertaining to the Franks.
In or of the language of the Franks.

Synonyms

Franconian; see also Frankian, Francian

Translations

of or pertaining to the Franks

Arabic: إِفْرَنْجِيّ‎ (ʾifranjiyy)
Armenian: ֆրանկական (hy) (frankakan)
Breton: frank (br)
Catalan: franc (ca)
Danish: frankisk
Dutch: Frankisch (nl)
French: francique (fr)
German: fränkisch (de)

Italian: franco (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frankisk (no)

Nynorsk: frankisk
Old Church Slavonic: франьчьскъ (franĭčĭskŭ), фрачьскъ (fračĭskŭ), фрѧжьскъ (fręžĭskŭ), фрѧѕьскъ (frędzĭskŭ)
Portuguese: franco (pt), frâncico (pt)
Russian: франкский (ru) (frankskij)

Proper noun

Frankish

The language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language.

Synonyms

Old Frankish

Translations

the language of the Franks

Armenian: ֆրանկերեն (frankeren)
Danish: frankisk
Dutch: Oudfrankisch (nl), Frankisch (nl)
French: francique (fr)
German: Altfränkisch (de) n, Fränkisch (de) n

Portuguese: frâncico (pt) m
Russian: франкский (ru) (frankskij)
Spanish: fráncico m
Swedish: frankiska c

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Frankish terms

Further reading

ISO 639-3 code frk (SIL)

Anagrams

shark fin, shark-fin, sharkfin

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