franc

• frank (obsolete)

From French franc. Doublet of Frank, frank, and farang.

• IPA^(key): /fɹæŋk/

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• Rhymes: -æŋk
• Homophones: frank, Frank

franc (plural francs)

1. A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.

   The last 50 franc note, released in 1993, features Saint-Exupéry and a depiction of The Little Prince.

2. Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies.

The word franc is abbreviated 'F' in ISO 4217 currency codes, usually prepended by the country's 2-letter alpha code in the case of national currencies:

• BIF: Burundi Franc
• CDF: Congolese Franc
• CHF: Swiss franc
• DJF: Djibouti Franc
• GNF: Guinean Franc
• KMF: Comorian Franc
• RAF: Rwandan Franc
• XAF: Central African Franc
• XOF: West African Franc

• ARFCN, cfRNA

From Late Latin Francus, perhaps via Old French franc.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɾaŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɾaŋk]

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

1. free, exempt
2. frank, unrestrained
3. (historical) Frankish

franc m (plural francs)

1. franc (currency)

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

1. Frank (one of the Franks)

• “franc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “franc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “franc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “franc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French franc.

franc c (singular definite francen, plural indefinite franc)

1. franc (currency)

• belgierfranc
• schweizerfranc

• “franc” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃/

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Inherited from Middle French franc, from Old French franc (“free, genuine, sincere”), from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Frank (“a Frank”), a name probably taken from Proto-Germanic *frankô, *frakkōn (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *preng-, *pregn- (“pole, stalk”). Cognate with Old Norse frakka (“javelin, throwing spit”), Old English franca (“javelin, lance”).

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

1. free

   Synonym: libre

   Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté.

   His action was performed out of his free will.

2. frank
3. full

   Synonyms: entier, complet, plein

   4 jours francs ― 4 full days

4. tax-free

   Port franc ― Free port

Inherited from Middle French franc, from Early Medieval Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Frank (“a Frank”) (see Etymology 1). Compare also Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English Franca (“a Frank”). See also Feringhee.

franc m (plural francs)

1. (monetary) franc

   Synonym: balle

2. Frank

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

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

1. Frankish, Franconian

• (money): sou

• “franc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈfrɒnt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɒnt͡s

franc (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) French

franc (countable and uncountable, plural francok)

1. (obsolete) French

   Synonym: francia

2. (archaic) syphilis

   Synonyms: vérbaj, szifilisz

3. (slang or vulgar) damn, hell

   Synonyms: (colloquial or slang) fene, (vulgar) picsa

   A francba! ― Damn/Shit!

   Menj a francba! ― Go to hell!

4. (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?

• ((archaic) “syphilis”; now: expletive): franc in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (“French [person]”; archaic/obsolete, folksy): franc in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From French franc.

franc m (genitive singular frainc, nominative plural frainc)

1. (numismatics) franc

• franc Beilgeach/franc na Beilge
• franc Eilvéiseach/franc na hEilvéise
• franc Francach/franc na Fraince

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “slump”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “franc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

franc m (plural frans)

1. franc (unit of currency)

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

1. noble

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

franc m

1. (Jersey) frank

• franchement (“frankly”)

franc m (plural francen)

1. franc

• “franc” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin Francus, thought to be from Frankish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾank/
• Rhymes: -ank

franc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular franche)

1. French
2. free
3. noble; of noble descent
4. brave; valiant

• IPA^(key): /fraŋk/

Borrowed from French Franc. Doublet of frânc.

franc m (plural franci)

1. a Frank (Germanic tribe)

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

1. of a Frank, Frankish

• frânc

• francez

Borrowed from French franc (noun).

franc m (plural franci)

1. (numismatics) a franc (currency)

Borrowed from French franc (adjective).

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

1. frank, sincere, honest