Frankish

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)

1. of or pertaining to the Franks
2. in or of the language of the Franks

Synonyms

• Francic, Franconian, Gallic; 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), franconien (fr), franc (fr) German: fränkisch (de) Hungarian: frank (hu) Italian: franco (it), francico (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: frankisk (no) Nynorsk: frankisk Old Church Slavonic: франьчьскъ (franĭčĭskŭ), фрачьскъ (fračĭskŭ), фрѧжьскъ (fręžĭskŭ), фрѧѕьскъ (frędzĭskŭ) Polish: frankijski (pl) Portuguese: franco (pt), frâncico (pt) Russian: франкский (ru) (frankskij) Welsh: Ffrancaidd

in or of the language of the Franks

Italian: francico (it)

Proper noun

Frankish

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

Synonyms

• Old Frankish

Translations

the language of the Franks

Armenian: ֆրանկերեն (frankeren) Catalan: fràncic m Danish: frankisk Dutch: Oudfrankisch (nl), Frankisch (nl) French: francique (fr), vieux-francique (fr) German: Altfränkisch (de) n, Fränkisch (de) n Portuguese: frâncico (pt) m Russian: франкский (ru) (frankskij) Spanish: fráncico m Swedish: frankiska (sv) c Welsh: Ffranceg f

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code frk (SIL)

Anagrams

• shark fin, shark-fin, sharkfin