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

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

former currency of France and Belgium

any of several units of currency

From Late Latin Francus, perhaps via Old French franc.

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)

  1. Frank (one of the Franks)

Borrowed from French franc.

franc c (singular definite francen, plural indefinite franc)

  1. franc (currency)

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

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

  1. Frankish, Franconian

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

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

From French franc.

franc m (genitive singular frainc, nominative plural frainc)

  1. (numismatics) franc
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.

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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

franc m (plural francen)

  1. franc

From Latin Francus, thought to be from Frankish.

franc m (oblique and nominative feminine singular franche)

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

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

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