Franc

See also: franc, frânc, and franc.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French franc (noble), from Old French franc, from Latin Francus, from Frankish *Franko (a Frank), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (javelin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɑ̃/
  • Audio:(file)
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Noun

Franc m (plural Francs, feminine Franque)

  1. Frank (member of a people that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany)

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Franc m (strong, genitive Franc, plural Francs)

  1. franc (currency)

Declension

Further reading

  • Franc” in Duden online
  • Franc” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Etymology

From Old French franc and/or Latin Francus (a Frank), from Frankish *Franko (a Frank); both from Proto-Germanic *frankô (javelin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɾˠaŋk/

Noun

Franc m (genitive singular Frainc, nominative plural Frainc)

  1. (history) Frank

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.

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [frant͡s]

Proper noun

Franc m pers (female equivalent Francová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Franc
(pattern chlap)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeFrancFrancoviaFrancovci
genitiveFrancaFrancovFrancovcov
dativeFrancoviFrancomFrancovcom
accusativeFrancaFrancovFrancovcov
locativeFrancoviFrancochFrancovcoch
instrumentalFrancomFrancmiFrancovcami

Further reading

  • Franc”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fránt͡s/

Proper noun

Frȁnc m anim

  1. a male given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nominative Frànc
genitive Fránca
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Frànc
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Fránca
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Fráncu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Fránca
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Fráncu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Fráncem