franco

From Italian franco (“French”).

franco (plural francos)

1. (historical) The currency issued between 1805 and 1808 of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy.

• franc

• lira

Italian porto franco.

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franco (not comparable)

1. with freightages paid by the sender

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrant͡so/
• Hyphenation: fran‧co
• Rhymes: -ant͡so

franco (accusative singular francon, plural francoj, accusative plural francojn)

1. a French person

• eŭropano (“European”)

• francino (“Frenchwoman”)

• franca (“French”)
• france (“in French”)
• Francio (“France”)

From Late Latin francus (“Frankish”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

The adjectival forms, from Old French franc (“free”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfraŋko̝/

franco m (plural francos, feminine franca, feminine plural francas)

1. Frank
2. (archaic) Frenchman

   Synonym: francés

3. franc (former currency of France and other countries)

• Francia
• francés
• Franco
• Francos

• francada

franco m (feminine singular franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)

1. tax-free

   Synonym: exento

2. free, unobstructed

   Synonym: libre

3. sincere, true

   Synonym: sincelo

4. (archaic) generous

   Synonym: xeneroso

• francamente
• franquear
• franqueo
• franquía

• “franco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “franco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “franco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “franco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Frankish frank “free”.

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franco (feminine singular franca, masculine plural franchi, feminine plural franche)

1. frank, candid
2. free (of duty)

   franchi tiratori ― snipers

3. Frankish

franco

1. frankly

franco m (plural franchi)

1. Frank (Frankish person)
2. franc (money)

francō

1. dative masculine singular of francus
2. dative neuter singular of francus
3. ablative masculine singular of francus

franco m (feminine singular franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas, comparable)

1. Frankish (referring to the Franks)
2. frank (bluntly honest)

• (Frankish): frâncico

franco m (plural francos)

1. franc (former currency of France and Belgium)
2. franc (any of several units of currency)
3. Frank (one of the Franks)

From Germanic *frank (“free, exempt”), ultimately via Old French from Medieval Latin francus (from the ethnonym Francus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾanko/, [ˈfɾãŋko]

franco m (plural francos)

1. franc (former currency of France and other countries)

franco (feminine singular franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)

1. frank, candid
2. generous, liberal, openhanded
3. free, unimpeded, unencumbered
4. exempt, free
5. Frankish

• franqueza

• honesto