frank

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fɹæŋk/ without æ-raising
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈfɹwæŋk] without æ-raising
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /fɹaŋk/
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• Scotland, Wales: /fɾaŋk/
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• /fɹeɪ̯ŋk/ US, Canada, æ-raising
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• [ˈfɹweɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈfɹwɛ̃ŋk] US, Canada, æ-raising
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• Australian: /fɹæːŋk/
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• Australian: [ˈfɹwæːŋk]
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• Australian: [ˈfɹweːŋk] æ-raising
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• New-Zealand: /fɹɛŋk/
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• rhymes with -æŋk
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• homophone: franc
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• homophone: Frank
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• /ˈfɹæŋk/ without æ-raising
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• Canada, US: /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈfɹweɪ̯ŋk]
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• Canada, US: /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋk/
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• Canada, US: [ˈfɹwɛ̃ŋk]
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• CMU ARPABET: F R AE1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.

The surname derives from the medieval tribal name. The given name is also a form of Francis, with formal given name status since the 19th century.

Clipping of frankfurter.

From Old French franc.

From French franc.

From Middle English Frank, partially from Old English Franca (“a Frank”); and partially from Old French Franc, and/or Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both maybe from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Cognate with Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English franca (“spear, javelin”). Compare Saxon, ultimately a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”). Doublet of franc, frank, and farang.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: шчы́ры (ščýry) — bluntly honest
• Belarusian: адкры́ты (adkrýty) — bluntly honest
• Bulgarian: и́скрен (ískren) — bluntly honest
• Catalan: franc — bluntly honest
• Chinese Cantonese: 坦誠 /坦诚 — bluntly honest
• Chinese Cantonese: 坦白 (taan2 baak6) — bluntly honest
• Chinese Mandarin: 坦誠 /坦诚 (tǎnchéng) — bluntly honest
• Chinese Mandarin: 真誠 /真诚 (zhēnchéng) — bluntly honest
• Chinese Mandarin: 坦白 (tǎnbái) — bluntly honest
• Czech: upřímný — bluntly honest
• Danish: oprigtig — bluntly honest
• Danish: ligefrem — bluntly honest
• Dutch: eerlijk — bluntly honest
• Dutch: open — bluntly honest
• Dutch: oprecht — bluntly honest
• Dutch: openhartig — bluntly honest
• Esperanto: malkaŝa — bluntly honest
• Esperanto: malkaŝema — bluntly honest
• Finnish: suora — bluntly honest
• French: franc — bluntly honest
• Galician: franco — bluntly honest
• Galician: franca — bluntly honest
• German: ehrlich — bluntly honest
• German: offen — bluntly honest
• German: aufrichtig — bluntly honest
• Hebrew: כן (ken) — bluntly honest
• Hebrew: גלוי־לב (glúi-lev) — bluntly honest
• Hindi: मुँहफट (mũhphaṭ) — bluntly honest
• Hungarian: nyílt — bluntly honest
• Hungarian: őszinte — bluntly honest
• Irish: oscailteach — bluntly honest
• Italian: franco — bluntly honest
• Italian: franca — bluntly honest
• Japanese: はっきり言う — bluntly honest
• Latin: apertus — bluntly honest
• Latvian: atklāts — bluntly honest
• Macedonian: искрен (iskren) — bluntly honest
• Māori: māhorahora — bluntly honest
• Māori: tinihangakore — bluntly honest
• Norman: franc — bluntly honest
• Norwegian: frank — bluntly honest
• Polish: szczery — bluntly honest
• Polish: otwarty — bluntly honest
• Portuguese: franco — bluntly honest
• Romanian: franc — bluntly honest
• Romanian: sincer — bluntly honest
• Russian: открове́нный (otkrovénnyj) — bluntly honest
• Russian: и́скренний (ískrennij) — bluntly honest
• Russian: откры́тый (otkrýtyj) — bluntly honest
• Sanskrit: ऋजु (ṛju) — bluntly honest
• Serbo-Croatian: искрен — bluntly honest
• Serbo-Croatian: iskren — bluntly honest
• Slovak: úprimný — bluntly honest
• Slovene: odkrit — bluntly honest
• Slovene: iskren — bluntly honest
• Spanish: franco — bluntly honest
• Swedish: uppriktig — bluntly honest
• Swedish: rättfram — bluntly honest
• Tagalog: prangka — bluntly honest
• Ukrainian: щи́рий (ščýryj) — bluntly honest
• Ukrainian: відве́ртий (vidvértyj) — bluntly honest
• Volapük: stedälik — bluntly honest
• Arabic: فْرَنْك (frank) — male given name
• Armenian: ֆրանկ (frank) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Франк — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 弗蘭克 /弗兰克 (Fúlánkè) — male given name
• Danish: Frank — male given name
• Dutch: Frank — male given name
• French: Franck — male given name
• French: Frank — male given name
• French: François — male given name
• Galician: Franco — male given name
• Georgian: ფრენკი (prenḳi) — male given name
• Georgian: ფრანკი (pranḳi) — male given name
• German: Frank — male given name
• Greek: Φρανκ — male given name
• Hawaiian: Palani — male given name
• Hebrew: פְרַנְק (frank) — male given name
• Icelandic: Frank — male given name
• Italian: Franco — male given name
• Japanese: フランク (Furanku) — male given name
• Korean: 프랭크 (Peuraengkeu) — male given name
• Korean: 프랑크 (Peurangkeu) — male given name
• Manx: Frank — male given name
• Marathi: फ्रँक (phrĕṅka) — male given name
• Norwegian: Frank — male given name
• Persian: فرانک (ferânk) — male given name
• Portuguese: Franco — male given name
• Portuguese: Frank — male given name
• Russian: Франк — male given name
• Russian: Фрэнк (Frɛnk) — male given name
• Spanish: Franco — male given name
• Swedish: Frank — male given name
• Thai: ฟรังค์ (frang) — male given name
• Cebuano: Prangkoy — diminutive
• Portuguese: Chico — diminutive
• Slovak: Fero — diminutive
• Bulgarian: Франк — surname
• Chinese Mandarin: 弗蘭克 /弗兰克 (Fúlánkè) — surname
• Galician: Franco — surname
• Marathi: फ्रँक (phrĕṅka) — surname
• Yiddish: פֿראַנק (frank) — surname
• Albanian: frëng — one of the Franks
• Albanian: frâng — one of the Franks
• Arabic: إِفْرَنْجِيّ (ʔifranjiyy) — one of the Franks
• Armenian: ֆրանկ (frank) — one of the Franks
• Bengali: ফ্রাংক (phraṅko) — one of the Franks
• Catalan: franc — one of the Franks
• Chinese Mandarin: 法蘭克人 /法兰克人 (fǎlánkèrén) — one of the Franks
• Danish: franker — one of the Franks
• Dutch: Frank — one of the Franks
• Esperanto: franko — one of the Franks
• Finnish: frankki — one of the Franks
• French: Franc — one of the Franks
• French: Franque — one of the Franks
• Galician: franco — one of the Franks
• Georgian: ფრანკი (pranḳi) — one of the Franks
• German: Franke — one of the Franks
• German: Fränkin — one of the Franks
• Greek: Φράγκος (Frágkos) — one of the Franks
• Ancient Greek: Φράγγος (Phrángos) — one of the Franks
• Icelandic: franki — one of the Franks
• Irish: Franc — one of the Franks
• Japanese: フランク人 (furanku-jin) — one of the Franks
• Japanese: フランク族 (furanku-zoku) — one of the Franks
• Korean: 프랑크인 (peurangkeu'in) — one of the Franks
• Latin: Francus — one of the Franks
• Marathi: फ्रँक (phrĕṅka) — one of the Franks
• Norwegian Bokmål: franker — one of the Franks
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frankar — one of the Franks
• Portuguese: franco — one of the Franks
• Russian: франк (frank) — one of the Franks
• Sanskrit: फिरङ्गिन् (phiraṅgin) — one of the Franks
• Spanish: franco — one of the Franks
• Swedish: frank — one of the Franks
• Turkish: Frenk — one of the Franks
• Welsh: Ffranc — one of the Franks
• Dutch: frankeren — to place a frank on an envelope
• Esperanto: afranki — to place a frank on an envelope
• Finnish: frankeerata — to place a frank on an envelope
• Galician: franquear — to place a frank on an envelope
• German: freimachen — to place a frank on an envelope
• German: frankieren — to place a frank on an envelope
• Hungarian: bérmentesít — to place a frank on an envelope
• Māori: tāpane — to place a frank on an envelope
• Norwegian: free postage — to place a frank on an envelope
• Swedish: frankera — to place a frank on an envelope