francês

See also: frances, francés, francès, Frances, and Francés

Friulian

Adjective

francês

  1. French

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frances (“French”), from Latin francēnsis. By surface analysis, França +‎ -ês.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈse(j)s/ [fɾɐ̃ˈse(ɪ̯)s]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ
  • Hyphenation: fran‧cês

Adjective

francês (feminine francesa, masculine plural franceses, feminine plural francesas)

  1. French (of or relating to France)
    • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter III, in Cahetés‎[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, pages 17–18:
      Luiza lia um romance francez; ou tocava piano; ou pensava indignada nos beijos que lhe dei no pescoço.
      Luiza was reading a French novel; or playing piano; or thinking, outraged, about the kisses I gave her on the neck.
    • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 63:
      Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão.
      Alda told the group that aunt Belinha had gone alone to Paris and met a French count, slightly ruined and slightly mad, with whom she’d had a steamy summer affair.

Derived terms

Noun

francês m (plural franceses, feminine francesa, feminine plural francesas)

  1. Frenchman (person from France)

Derived terms

  • francesinho (diminutive)

Descendants

Descendants

Noun

francês m (uncountable)

  1. French (Romance language spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland and former colonies of France)
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[2], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 28:
      O moço estudante de medicina dava lições de francez e inglez nas horas vagas, para augmentar os minguados recursos da familia.
      The young medicine student gave French and English lessons in his free time, to increase the family’s few resources.

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