François

See also: Francois and françois

English

Proper noun

François

  1. commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɹænswɑ/, /ˈfrɒ̃swɑː/

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French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Franciscus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʁɑ̃.swa/
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Proper noun

François m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to Francis in English.
  2. A patronymic surname​.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

Adjective

François m (feminine singular Françoise, masculine plural François, feminine plural Françoises)

  1. French (of, relating to or from France)

Noun

François m (plural François, feminine singular Françoise, feminine plural Françoises)

  1. Frenchman
  2. (in the singular) French language

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

François m (feminine Françoise)

  1. Frenchman
    • circa 1200, Philippe de Nanteuil (from 'Anthologie de la poésie lyrique des XIIe et XIIIe siècles'), En chantant veil mon duel faire, →ISBN, page 188:
      (please add the primary text of this quote)
      Ha! Count of Bar, such a suffering
      Will the French inherit from you.

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