France

France

See also: france and Francë

English

Wikivoyage

Map showing the location of France (in red).

Alternative forms

• (country): Fraunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic) origin.[1] Believed to be most likely from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preng- (“pole, stalk”). Compare Frank. Displaced native Old English Francland.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹɑːns/, /fɹæns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɹæns/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns

Proper noun

France (usually uncountable, plural Frances)

1. A country in western Europe, Member state of the European Union (since 1993), having Paris as its capital city, bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain. Official name: French Republic
   • 1837, George Sand, Stanley Young, transl., Mauprat‎, Cassandra Editions, published 1977, →ISBN, page 237:

     For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.

   • 1998, Shanny Peer, France on Display: Peasants, Provincials, and Folklore, →ISBN, page 2:

     Although scholars have offered different chronologies and causalities for the move toward modernity, most have resolved the paradox of the two Frances by placing them in sequence: "diverse France gave way over time as modern centralized France gathered force."

   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian‎:

     Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.

2. A surname from French, famously held by—
   1. Anatole France, a French poet, journalist, and novelist.
3. Alternative form of Frances; A female given name; feminine of Francis.

Holonyms

• (country): European Union, Europe

Derived terms

• Free France
• Petty France
• Vichy France

 

Related terms

• franc
• Franc
• Frances
• Francis
• Francization
• Franco
• Franco-
• Francophile
• Francophobe
• Francophone
• Francophonie
• Frank
• Frankland
• French
• Frenchie, Frenchy
• Frenchification
• Frenchify
• Frenchman
• Frenchwoman
• lingua franca
• New France
• Tour de France

 

Descendants

• → Assamese: ফ্ৰান্স (phranso)
• → Hawaiian: Palani
• → Kalenjin: Frans
• → Kikuyu: Frans
• → Luhya: Frans
• → Meru: Frans
• → Sotho: France
• → Swahili: Ufaransa

Translations

country

Abkhaz: Францызтәыла (Francəztʷʼəla) Acehnese: Peurancih Adyghe: Францие (Fraanciije) Afrikaans: Frankryk (af) Akan: Frɛnkye Albanian: Francë f (indefinite) Franca (sq) f (definite), Frëngjia f, Frângjia f American Sign Language: F@NearForehead-HandPalmDown F@NearForehead-HandPalmUp HorizSmallTwist Amharic: ፈረንሣይ (färänśay) Antillean Creole: Frans f Martinican Creole: Fwans f Arabic: فَرَنْسَا‎ (ar) f (faransā), فَرَنْسَة‎ f (faransa), الْإِفْرَنْج‎ f (al-ʔifranj) (archaic), الْفِرِنْجَة‎ f (al-firinja) (archaic) Moroccan Arabic: فرانسا‎ f Aragonese: Franzia f Armenian: Ֆրանսիա (hy) (Fransia) Aromanian: Frãntsii f (indefinite), Frãntsia (definite), Gallia f Assamese: ফ্ৰান্স (phranso) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܢܓܝܐ‎ (prāngya) Asturian: Francia (ast) f Azerbaijani: Fransa (az) Bashkir: Франция (Frantsiya) Basque: Frantzia (eu) Belarusian: Фра́нцыя f (Fráncyja) Bengali: ফ্রান্স (bn) (phransô) Breton: Frañs (br) f (state), Bro-C'hall (br) f (country) Bulgarian: Фра́нция (bg) f (Fráncija) Burmese: ပြင်သစ် (prangsac) Catalan: França (ca) f Cebuano: Pransiya Chechen: Франци (Franci) Cherokee: ᎦᎸᏥᏱ (galvtsiyi) Chinese: Cantonese: 法國／法国, 法国 (faat3 gwok3) Dungan: Фагуй (Faguy), Фагуә (Faguə) Mandarin: 法國／法国 (zh) (Fǎguó), 法蘭西／法兰西 (zh) (Fǎlánxī) Min Nan: 法國／法国 (zh-min-nan), 法国 (zh-min-nan) (Hoat-kok) Teochew: 法國／法国, 法国 (huag8 gog4) Cornish: Pow Frynk (kw) Corsican: Francia f Crimean Tatar: Frenkistan Czech: Francie (cs) f Danish: Frankrig (da) n Dhivehi: ފަރަންސޭސިވިލާތް‎ (faran̊sēsivilāt̊) Dutch: Frankrijk (nl) n Dzongkha: ཕརཱནསི་ (ph.rānsi) East Futuna: Falani Esperanto: Francio (eo), Francujo (eo) Estonian: Prantsusmaa (et) Extremaduran: Francia f Farefare: Fãreŋo Faroese: Frakland Finnish: Ranska (fi) French: France (fr) f Galician: Francia (gl) f Georgian: საფრანგეთი (ka) (saprangeti) German: Frankreich (de) n Alemannic German: Frankriich, Frankrych Central Franconian: Frankrich (Ripuarian), Frankreich (Ripuarian) Greek: Γαλλία (el) f (Gallía) Gujarati: ફ્રાન્સ (phrāns) Haitian Creole: Frans Hausa: Fàr̃ansà f Hawaiian: Palani Hebrew: צָרְפַת‎ (he) f (tsarfát) Hindi: फ़्रांस m (frāns), फ़्राँस m (frā̃s), फ़्रान्स (hi) m (frāns), फ्रांस (hi) m (phrāns) Hungarian: Franciaország (hu) Hunsrik: Frankreich n Icelandic: Frakkland (is) n Ido: Francia (io) Ilocano: Pransia Indonesian: Prancis (id) Interlingua: Francia (ia) Irish: an Fhrainc (ga) f Italian: Francia (it) f Japanese: フランス (ja) (Furansu), 仏蘭西 (ja) (Furansu) (obsolete) Jarai: čar Prăng Javanese: Prancis Jingpho: pyin tit Kalenjin: Frans Kamba: Frans Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಂಸ್ (kn) (prāṃs) Kashmiri: फ्रांस (phrāṃs) Kashubian: Francëjô (csb) f Kazakh: Франция (kk) (Fransiä) Khmer: បារាំង (km) (baarang) Kikuyu: Frans Korean: 프랑스 (ko) (Peurangseu), (rare) 불란서(佛蘭西) (ko) (Bullanseo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: فەرەنسا‎ (ferensa) Northern Kurdish: Fransa (ku), Ferensa (ku) Kyrgyz: Франция (ky) (Frantsiya) Lao: ຝະລັ່ງ (lo) (fa lang), ຝະຣັ່ງ (fa rang) Latin: Gallia (la) f, Francia (la) f, Francogallia f Latvian: Francija f Limburgish: Frankriek (li) Lithuanian: Prancūzija (lt) f Livonian: Prantsūzmō Low German: Frankriek (nds), Frankrich Luhya: Frans Luo: Frans Luxembourgish: Frankräich (lb) n Lü: ᦝᦱᧉᦜᧂᧈ (faa²l̇ang¹) Macedonian: Франција (mk) f (Francija) Malagasy: Frantsa (mg) Malay: Perancis (ms) Malayalam: ഫ്രാൻസ് (frāṉsŭ) Maltese: Franza (mt) f Manchu: ᡶᠠ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (fa gurun), ᡶᠠ ᠯᠠᠨ ᠰᡳ (fa lan si) Maori: Parani, Wīwī (mi) Marathi: फ्रांस (phrāusa) Meru: Frans Mongolian: Cyrillic: Франц (mn) (Franc), Франц улс (Franc uls) Moore: Fãrens tẽngẽ Nauruan: France Navajo: Dáághahii Dineʼé Bikéyah Neapolitan: Franza f Nepali: फ्रान्स (phrānsa) Norman: France f (Jersey) North Frisian: Frånkrik Northern Sami: Frankriika Norwegian: Bokmål: Frankrike (no) Nynorsk: Frankrike (nn) Occitan: França (oc) f Okinawan: フランシ (Furanshi) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: Франкїꙗ f (Frankija) Old English: Francland n Oriya: ଫ୍ରାନ୍ସ୍ (phrans) Ossetian: Франц (Franc) Pashto: فرانسه‎ (ps) f (frānsa, farānsa), فرانس‎ m (frāns, farāns) Persian: فرانسه‎ (fa) (farânse) Plains Cree: wêmistikôsînâhk Polish: Francja (pl) f Portuguese: França (pt) f Punjabi: ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸ (frāns) Rade: Prăng Rarotongan: Varāni Romanian: Franța (ro) f Romansch: Frantscha Russian: Фра́нция (ru) f (Fráncija) Rusyn: Фра́нція f (Fráncija) Sanskrit: फ्रांस (phrāṃsa) Sardinian: Frantza Saterland Frisian: Frankriek Scots: Franse, Fraunce Scottish Gaelic: An Fhraing f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Фра̀нцӯска̄ f Roman: Fràncūskā (sh) f Sicilian: Francia f, Franza f (Old Sicilian) Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can Silesian: Francyjo f Sinhalese: ප්‍රංශය (praṁśaya) Slovak: Francúzsko (sk) n Slovene: Fráncija (sl) f Somali: Faransa Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Francojska f Upper Sorbian: Francoska (hsb) f Sotho: France Spanish: Francia (es) f Swahili: Ufaransa (sw) Swedish: Frankrike (sv) n Tagalog: Pransya Tajik: Фаронса (tg) (Faronsa) Tamil: பிரான்ஸ் (pirāṉs) Tatar: Франция (tt) (Frantsiya) Telugu: ఫ్రాన్స్ (te) (phrāns) Thai: ฝรั่งเศส (th) (fà-ràng-sèet) Tibetan: ཧྥ་རན་སི (hpha ran si) Tigrinya: ፈረንሳይ (färänsay) Tok Pisin: Pranis Turkish: Fransa (tr) Turkmen: Fransiýa Ubykh: Франгьшәабла (Frangʲŝʷabla) Ukrainian: Фра́нція (uk) f (Fráncija) Urdu: فْرانْس‎ m (frāns) Uyghur: فرانسىيە‎ (fransiye) Uzbek: Fransiya (uz) Vietnamese: Pháp (vi), nước Pháp Volapük: Fransän (vo), (obsolete) Flent, (obsolete) Flentän Võro: Prantsusmaa Wallisian: Falani Walloon: France (wa) f Welsh: Ffrainc (cy) f West Flemish: Vrankryk West Frisian: Frankryk (fy) Yiddish: פֿראַנקרײַך‎ n (frankraykh) Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Faransé Zhuang: Fazgoz

a French surname

Chinese: Cantonese: 法郎士 (faat3 long4 si6) Mandarin: 法郎士 (Fǎlángshì) French: France (fr) m or f Russian: Франс (ru) m or f (Frans)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

References

1. A. C. Murray, From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader. Broadview Press Ltd, 2000. p. 1.

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Franco-Provençal

Proper noun

France

1. France (a country in Europe)

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French

Etymology

From Middle French France, from Old French France, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃s/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /fʁãs/

• audio (France)

  (file)

• audio (Quebec)

  (file)

Proper noun

France f

1. France (a country in Western Europe)
2. a female given name
3. a French surname

Derived terms

• faire une carte de France
• françafricain
• Françafrique
• français, Français
• Marie-France (given name)
• melon de France
• vieille France

Related terms

• François, Françoise (given names)

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: Frans
• Antillean Creole: Lafrans (via la France)
• Mauritian Creole: Lafrans (via la France)
• → Breton: Frañs
• → Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Fǎlánxī)

  Cantonese: 法蘭西／法兰西 (faat3 laan4 sai1, faat3 laan4-1 sai1)

  Min Dong: 法蘭西 (Huák-làng-să̤)

  Min Nan: 法蘭西／法兰西 (Hoat-lân-se)

  • → Manchu: ᡶᠠ
    ᠯᠠᠨ
    ᠰᡳ (fa lan si)
• → Finnish: Frans
• → Japanese: フランス (Furansu)
• → Khmer: បារាំង (baarang)
• → Korean: 프랑스 (Peurangseu)
• → Rade: Prăng
• → Romanian: Franța

See also

• (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

• Céfran

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Friulian

Proper noun

France f

1. France (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• francês

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrãsə/

Proper noun

France f

1. France (a country in Europe)

Descendants

• French: France (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: Fraunce, France
  • English: France (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: Fraunce
• → Breton: Frañs

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Norman

Alternative forms

• Fraunce (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French France, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

Proper noun

France f

1. (Jersey) France

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Old French

Excerpt from the Oxford manuscript of The Song of Roland showing 'francs' and 'france' without capital letters.

Alternative forms

• france (manuscript form)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfrantsə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈfransə/

Proper noun

France f (nominative singular France)

1. France (country)

Related terms

• françois

Descendants

• Middle French: France
  • French: France (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle English: Fraunce, France
    • English: France (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: Fraunce
  • → Breton: Frañs
• Norman: France, Fraunce
• Picard: France
• Walloon: France