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Frenchman

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃm(ə)n/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The red-legged partridge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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