noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃm(ə)n/
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pin-pen-merger:/ˈfɹɪ̟nt͡ʃm(ə)n/
CMU ARPABET:F R EH1 N CH M AE0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A man of French birth or nationality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The red-legged partridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a person of French nationality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Frenchwoman, French person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
Narrower terms: frog, Gaul, Parisian, Breton, Savoyard, Angevin, Angevine, Norman
History
Etymology
From Middle English Frenshman. By surface analysis, French + -man.
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Fransman
— person of French birth or nationality
Albanian:
francez
— person of French birth or nationality
Arabic:
فَرَنْسِيّ
(faransiyy)
— person of French birth or nationality
Arabic:
فَرَنْسَاوِيّ
(faransāwiyy)
— person of French birth or nationality
Arabic:
فَرَنْسَاوِي
(faransāwi)
— person of French birth or nationality
Armenian:
ֆրանսիացի
(fransiacʻi)
— person of French birth or nationality
Asturian:
francés
— person of French birth or nationality
Azerbaijani:
fransız
— person of French birth or nationality
Basque:
frantses
— person of French birth or nationality
Basque:
frantziar
— person of French birth or nationality
Belarusian:
францу́з
(francúz)
— person of French birth or nationality
Bulgarian:
францу́зин
(francúzin)
— person of French birth or nationality
Burmese:
ပြင်သစ်
(prangsac)
— person of French birth or nationality
Catalan:
francès
— person of French birth or nationality
Catalan:
francés
— person of French birth or nationality
Cherokee:
ᎠᎦᎸᏥ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ
(agalvtsi asgaya)
— person of French birth or nationality
Chinese:
фагуйжын
(faguyřɨn)
— person of French birth or nationality
Chinese:
фагуәжын
(faguəřɨn)
— person of French birth or nationality
Chinese Mandarin:
法國人 /法国人
(fǎguórén)
— person of French birth or nationality
Chinese Mandarin:
法國男人 /法国男人
(Fǎguó nánrén)
— person of French birth or nationality
Plains-Cree:
wêmistikôsiw
— person of French birth or nationality
Czech:
Francouz
— person of French birth or nationality
Danish:
franskmand
— person of French birth or nationality
Dutch:
Fransman
— person of French birth or nationality
Esperanto:
franco
— person of French birth or nationality
Estonian:
prantslane
— person of French birth or nationality
Finnish:
ranskalainen
— person of French birth or nationality
French:
Français
— person of French birth or nationality
Old French:
François
— person of French birth or nationality
Old French:
Franceis
— person of French birth or nationality
Old French:
Françoys
— person of French birth or nationality
Old French:
Fraunceis
— person of French birth or nationality
Galician:
francés
— person of French birth or nationality
Georgian:
ფრანგი
(prangi)
— person of French birth or nationality
German:
Franzose
— person of French birth or nationality
German:
Schangel
— person of French birth or nationality
Greek:
Γάλλος
(Gállos)
— person of French birth or nationality
Hebrew:
צָרְפָתִי
(tsarfati)
— person of French birth or nationality
Hindi:
फ्रांसीसी
(phrānsīsī)
— person of French birth or nationality
Hindi:
फ़्रांसीसी
(frānsīsī)
— person of French birth or nationality
Hungarian:
francia férfi
— person of French birth or nationality
Hungarian:
francia
— person of French birth or nationality
Icelandic:
Frakki
— person of French birth or nationality
Ido:
Franciano
— person of French birth or nationality
Ido:
Franco
— person of French birth or nationality
Indonesian:
orang Perancis
— person of French birth or nationality
Indonesian:
orang Prancis
— person of French birth or nationality
Ingrian:
frantsilain
— person of French birth or nationality
Irish:
Francach
— person of French birth or nationality
Italian:
francese
— person of French birth or nationality
Japanese:
フランス人
(furansujin)
— person of French birth or nationality
Japanese:
仏人
(futsujin)
— person of French birth or nationality
Kazakh:
француз
(fransuz)
— person of French birth or nationality
Khmer:
បារាំង
(baarang)
— person of French birth or nationality
Korean:
프랑스인
(peurangseu'in)
— person of French birth or nationality
Korean:
프랑스 사람
(peurangseu saram)
— person of French birth or nationality
Korean:
불인
(burin)
— person of French birth or nationality
Kyrgyz:
француз
(frantsuz)
— person of French birth or nationality
Latin:
Francus
— person of French birth or nationality
Latin:
francigena
— person of French birth or nationality
Latvian:
francūzis
— person of French birth or nationality
Latvian:
franči
— person of French birth or nationality
Lithuanian:
prancūzas
— person of French birth or nationality
Macedonian:
Французин
(Francuzin)
— person of French birth or nationality
Māori:
Wīwī
— person of French birth or nationality
Mongolian:
франц хүн
(franc xün)
— person of French birth or nationality
Norwegian Bokmål:
franskmann
— person of French birth or nationality
Norwegian Nynorsk:
franskmann
— person of French birth or nationality
Persian:
فرانسوی
(farânsavi)
— person of French birth or nationality
Polish:
Francuz
— person of French birth or nationality
Portuguese:
francês
— person of French birth or nationality
Romanian:
francez
— person of French birth or nationality
Russian:
францу́з
(francúz)
— person of French birth or nationality
Scottish Gaelic:
Frangach
— person of French birth or nationality
Serbo-Croatian:
Француз
— person of French birth or nationality
Serbo-Croatian:
Francuz
— person of French birth or nationality
Slovak:
Francúz
— person of French birth or nationality
Slovene:
Francóz
— person of French birth or nationality
Spanish:
francés
— person of French birth or nationality
Swahili:
Mfaransa
— person of French birth or nationality
Swedish:
fransman
— person of French birth or nationality
Swedish:
fransos
— person of French birth or nationality
Tagalog:
Pranses
— person of French birth or nationality
Telugu:
పరాసుడు
(parāsuḍu)
— person of French birth or nationality
Thai:
ผู้ชายฝรั่งเศส
(pûu-chaai fà-ràng-sèet)
— person of French birth or nationality
Thai:
ชาวฝรั่งเศส
(chaao fà-ràng-sèet)
— person of French birth or nationality
Thai:
คนฝรั่งเศส
(kon fà-ràng-sèet)
— person of French birth or nationality
Turkish:
Fransız
— person of French birth or nationality
Turkish:
Fransız erkeği
— person of French birth or nationality
Turkmen:
fransuz
— person of French birth or nationality
Ukrainian:
францу́з
(francúz)
— person of French birth or nationality
Unami:
Pëlanshëman
— person of French birth or nationality
Urdu:
فرانسیسی
(frānsīsī)
— person of French birth or nationality
Uyghur:
فرانسىيەلىك
(fransiyelik)
— person of French birth or nationality
Uzbek:
fransuz
— person of French birth or nationality
Vietnamese:
đàn ông Pháp
— person of French birth or nationality
Vietnamese:
người Pháp
— person of French birth or nationality
Volapük:
Fransänan
— person of French birth or nationality
Volapük:
hi-Fransänan
— person of French birth or nationality
Welsh:
Ffrancwr
— person of French birth or nationality
Yiddish:
פֿראַנצויז
(frantsoyz)
— person of French birth or nationality