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Frenchwoman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Française, frogess

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person of French nationality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Frenchman, French person

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

Narrower terms: frog, Gaul, Parisian, Breton, Savoyard, Angevin, Angevine, Norman

History

Etymology

From Middle English Frensche wymen pl, equivalent to French + -woman.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Franse — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Albanian: franceze — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Arabic: فَرَنْسِيَّة (faransiyya) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Armenian: ֆրանսուհի (fransuhi) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Armenian: ֆրանսիացի (fransiacʻi) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Asturian: francesa — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Basque: frantses — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Basque: frantziar — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Belarusian: францу́жанка (francúžanka) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Bulgarian: французо́йка (francuzójka) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Burmese: ပြင်သစ် (prangsac) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Catalan: francesa — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎦᎸᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ (agalvtsi ageyv) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法國人 /法国人 (Fǎguórén) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法國女人 /法国女人 (Fǎguó nǚrén) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Czech: Francouzka — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Danish: franskmand — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Dutch: Française — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Dutch: Franse — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Esperanto: franco — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Esperanto: francino — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Estonian: prantslanna — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Finnish: ranskalaisnainen — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Finnish: ranskatar — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • French: Française — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Old French: Françoise — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Old French: Franceise — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Old French: Françoyse — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Old French: Fraunceise — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Galician: francesa — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • German: Französin — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Greek: Γαλλίδα (Gallída) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Hebrew: צרפתייה \ צָרְפָתִיָּה (tsarfatiyá) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Hindi: फ्रांसीसी (phrānsīsī) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Hungarian: francia nő — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Hungarian: francia — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Ido: Franciano — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Ido: Francianino — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Ido: Franco — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Ido: Francino — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Indonesian: wanita Perancis — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Indonesian: wanita Prancis — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Irish: Francach — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Italian: francese — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Japanese: フランス人 (Furansu-jin) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Korean: 프랑스 여자 (Peurangseu yeoja) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Korean: 프랑스인 (Peurangseu'in) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Korean: 프랑스 사람 (peurangseu saram) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Latin: Franca — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Latvian: francūziete — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Lithuanian: prancūzė — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Macedonian: Французинка (Francuzinka) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Māori: Wīwī — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: franskmann — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: franskmann — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Persian: فرانسوی (farânsavi) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Polish: Francuzka — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Portuguese: francesa — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Romanian: franceză — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Romanian: franțuzoaică — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Romanian: franțușcă — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Russian: францу́женка (francúženka) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fhrangach — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Фра̀нцускиња — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fràncuskinja — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Slovak: Francúzka — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Slovene: Francózinja — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Spanish: francesa — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Swahili: Mfaransa — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Swedish: fransyska — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Tagalog: Pranses — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Thai: ผู้หญิงฝรั่งเศส — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Turkish: Fransız — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Turkish: Fransız kadını — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Ukrainian: францу́женка (francúženka) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Ukrainian: францу́зка (francúzka) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Vietnamese: đàn bà Pháp — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Volapük: Fransänan — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Volapük: ji-Fransänan — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Welsh: Ffrances — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
  • Yiddish: פֿראַנצויזערין (frantsoyzerin) — Frenchwoman (a French woman)
Real reading context

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