franc

See also: Franc, frânc, and franc.

English

Alternative forms

frank (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French franc. Doublet of Frank, frank, and farang.

Pronunciation

(without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋk/, [ˈfɹʷæŋk]
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(æ-raising)
- (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯ŋk]; /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈfɹʷɛ̃ŋk]
Rhymes: -æŋk
Hyphenation: franc
Homophones: frank, Frank

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

franc

Wikipedia

franc (plural francs)

Any of several units of currency.
Belgian franc

French franc

Swiss franc

CFA franc

CFP franc

old franc

franc germinal

The last 50 franc note, released in 1993, features Saint-Exupéry and a depiction of The Little Prince.
- 1927 February 28, “FRANCE: Poincaré’s Week”, in TIME‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 April 2025:
  Premier Raymond Poincaré, ever an arch militarist, took full advantage of last week’s war scare in the Belgian Parliament to trumpet through the inspired Parisian press that France must drastically increase her armaments. While this propaganda was at its height, he announced to the Chamber that the first important measure to be presented by the Cabinet during the present session (TIME, Nov. 22 et seq.) will be a bill appropriating several billion francs for armaments and fortification of the Franco-German and Franco-Italian frontiers.

Derived terms

Translations

Arabic: فْرَنْك m (frank)
Hijazi Arabic: فْرَنْك m (frank)
Armenian: ֆրանկ (hy) (frank)
Asturian: francu (ast) m
Belarusian: франк m (frank)
Bengali: ফ্রঁ (phrõ)
Bulgarian: франк m (frank)
Burmese: ဖရန့် (my) (hpa.ran.)
Catalan: franc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法郎 (zh) (fǎláng)
Czech: frank (cs) m
Danish: franc c
Dutch: frank (nl)
Finnish: frangi (fi)
French: franc (fr) m
Georgian: ფრანკი (pranḳi)
German: Franc (de) m, Franken (de) m
Greek: φράγκο (el) m (frágko)
Hebrew: פְרַנְק (he) m (frank)
Hindi: फ़्रैंक (fra͠ik), फ्रैंक (phra͠ik), फ़्रांक m (frāṅk), फ्रांक (hi) m (phrāṅk)
Icelandic: franki (is) m
Irish: franc m
Italian: franco (it) m
Japanese: フラン (ja) (furan) (法 (ja))
Khmer: ហ្វ្រង្ក (frɑng)
Korean: 프랑 (ko) (peurang)
Lao: ຝລັ່ງ (fa lang)
Lithuanian: frankas m
Luxembourgish: Frang m
Macedonian: франк m (frank)
Malay: franc
Māori: pereke
Marathi: फ्रांक m (phrāṅka)
Persian: فرانک (fa) (ferânk)
Polish: frank (pl) m
Portuguese: franco (pt) m
Romanian: franc (ro) m
Russian: франк (ru) m (frank)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фра̏нак m

Latin: frȁnak (sh) m
Spanish: franco (es) m
Swedish: franc (sv) c
Thai: ฟรังค์ (frang)
Ukrainian: франк m (frank)
Vietnamese: phật lăng, phrăng, frăng

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} franko (eo)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} frank (et)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} franco (it) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} franco (es) m

Anagrams

ARFCN, cfRNA

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

franc

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

From Late Latin Francus, perhaps via Old French franc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ˈfɾaŋ]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɾaŋk]
Audio (Valencia): (file)

Adjective

franc (feminine franca, masculine plural francs, feminine plural franques)

Derived terms

Noun

franc m (plural francs)

franc (currency)

Noun

franc m (plural francs, feminine franca, feminine plural franques)

Frank (one of the Franks)

Related terms

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

franc

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

Borrowed from French franc.

Noun

franc c (singular definite francen, plural indefinite franc)

franc (currency)

Declension

Declension of *franc*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	franc	francen	franc francs	francene
genitive	francs	francens	francs francs'	francenes

Derived terms

References

“franc” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French franc, from Old French franc (“free, genuine, sincere”), from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃/
Audio: (file)
Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Audio (France): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Adjective

franc (feminine franche, masculine plural francs, feminine plural franches)

Frankish, Franconian
Synonym: francique

langue franche ― Frankish language
free
Synonym: libre

avoir les coudées franches ― to be unrestrained, to be unencumbered, to have a free rein

à franc étrier ― at full speed, hell-for-leather, flat out

port franc ― free port

corps franc ― autonomous paramilitary corps

coup franc ― free kick
frank; honest
franc comme l'or ― as good as gold

jouer franc jeu ― play fair
full
Synonyms: entier, complet, plein

4 jours francs ― 4 full days

Derived terms

Noun

franc m (plural francs)

franc (any of several units of currency)
Synonym: balle

franc belge ― Belgian franc

franc français ― French franc

franc suisse ― Swiss franc

franc CFA ― CFA franc

Descendants

→ Afar: faranká
→ English: franc
→ German: Franc
→ Irish: franc
→ Persian: فرانک (ferânk)
→ Ottoman Turkish: فرانق (frank)
- Turkish: frank
→ Vietnamese: phật lăng

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin Francī, plural of Francus (“Frank, French”). The noun meaning "syphilis" possibly derives from the noun phrase franc betegség ("French disease").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfrɒnt͡s]
Rhymes: -ɒnt͡s

Adjective

franc (not comparable)

(obsolete) French

Noun

franc (countable and uncountable, plural francok)

(obsolete) French
Synonym: francia
(archaic) syphilis
Synonyms: vérbaj, szifilisz
(slang or vulgar) damn, hell
Synonyms: (colloquial or slang) fene, (vulgar) picsa

A francba! ― Damn/Shit!

Menj a francba! ― Go to hell!
(slang or vulgar) the heck, the hell (expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term)
Synonyms: (colloquial or slang) fene, (vulgar) picsa

Hogy a francba fogod kifizetni az adósságodat? ― How the heck are you going to pay your debt?

Mi a franc van ezzel a tévével? ― What the heck is with this television?

Mi a francért/francnak akar idejönni ez a nyavalyás? ― Why the heck does this bastard want to come here?

Ki a francot érdekel ez a marhaság? ― Who the heck is interested in this rubbish?

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	franc	francok
accusative	francot	francokat
dative	francnak	francoknak
instrumental	franccal	francokkal
causal-final	francért	francokért
translative	franccá	francokká
terminative	francig	francokig
essive-formal	francként	francokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	francban	francokban
superessive	francon	francokon
adessive	francnál	francoknál
illative	francba	francokba
sublative	francra	francokra
allative	franchoz	francokhoz
elative	francból	francokból
delative	francról	francokról
ablative	franctól	francoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	francé	francoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	francéi	francokéi

Possessive forms of *franc*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	francom	francaim
2nd person sing.	francod	francaid
3rd person sing.	franca	francai
1st person plural	francunk	francaink
2nd person plural	francotok	francaitok
3rd person plural	francuk	francaik

Derived terms

francba

Irish

Etymology

From French franc.

Noun

franc m (genitive singular frainc, nominative plural frainc)

(numismatics) franc

Declension

Declension of franc (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	franc	frainc
vocative	a fhrainc	a fhranca
genitive	frainc	franc
dative	franc	frainc

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an franc	na frainc
genitive	an fhrainc	na bhfranc
dative	leis an bhfranc don fhranc	leis na frainc

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *franc*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
franc	fhranc	bhfranc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle French

Pronunciation

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Noun

franc m (plural frans)

franc (unit of currency)

Adjective

franc m (feminine singular franche, masculine plural frans, feminine plural franches)

noble

Norman

Etymology

From Old French franc (“free, genuine, sincere”), from Late Latin Franc (“a Frank”), of Frankish origin.

Adjective

franc m

(Jersey) frank

Derived terms

franchement (“frankly”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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franc m (plural francen)

franc

References

“franc” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin Francus, thought to be from Frankish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɾank/
Rhymes: -ank

Adjective

franc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular franche)

French
free
noble; of noble descent
brave; valiant

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	frans	franche, or less common france	franc
singular	oblique	franc	franche, or less common france		franche, or less common france	franc
plural	subject	franc	franches, or less common frances		franc
plural	oblique	frans	franches, or less common frances		franches, or less common frances	franc

Descendants

→ English: frank
French: franc
→ Middle High German: franc
Norman: franc (Jersey)
Persian: فرنگ (farang)

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fraŋk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Franc. Doublet of frânc.

Noun

franc m (plural franci)

a Frank (Germanic tribe)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	franc	francul	franci	francii
genitive-dative	franc	francului	franci	francilor
vocative	francule		francilor

Adjective

franc m or n (feminine singular francă, masculine plural franci, feminine/neuter plural france)

of a Frank, Frankish

Declension

Declension of *franc*
		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	franc		francă	franci	france
nominative- accusative	definite	francul		franca	francii	francele
genitive- dative	indefinite	franc		france	franci	france
genitive- dative	definite	francului		francei	francilor	francelor

Related terms

frânc

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French franc (noun).

Noun

franc m (plural franci)

(numismatics) a franc (currency)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	franc	francul	franci	francii
genitive-dative	franc	francului	franci	francilor
vocative	francule		francilor

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French franc (adjective).

Adjective

franc m or n (feminine singular francă, masculine plural franci, feminine/neuter plural france)

frank, sincere, honest

Declension

Declension of *franc*
		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	franc		francă	franci	france
nominative- accusative	definite	francul		franca	francii	francele
genitive- dative	indefinite	franc		france	franci	france
genitive- dative	definite	francului		francei	francilor	francelor

English

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Noun

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Catalan

Etymology

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Adjective

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Noun

Noun

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Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

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References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

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Noun

Descendants

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

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Further reading

Irish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Middle French

Pronunciation

Noun

Adjective

Norman

Etymology

Adjective

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

References

Old French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Descendants

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Adjective

Declension

Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Adjective

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