Meaning of French | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.
   uncountable
2. French (as in French food, clothing, etc.)
3. The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world
4. The people of France; groups of French people.
   collective, countable, in-plural, uncountable
5. The ability of a person to communicate in French.
   uncountable
6. Frenchman, inhabitant of France
7. The ability of a person to communicate in French
8. Synonym of oral sex, especially fellatio.
   dated, slang, uncountable
9. French language and literature as an object of study.
   uncountable
10. French language and literature as an object of study
11. Ellipsis of French vermouth, a type of dry vermouth.
    abbreviation, alt-of, dated, ellipsis, slang, uncountable
12. blowjob
13. Vulgar language.
    euphemistic, ironic, often, uncountable
14. Vulgar language
15. A French person.
    countable
16. A surname originating as an ethnonym.
    countable
17. A surname originating as an ethnonym

Equivalents

Examples

“She speaks French.”

“Ne mowe we alle Latin wite... Ne French...”

“I... wolde also be bolde in such french as is peculiare to the lawys of this realme, to leue it wyth them in wrytynge to.”

“I could speak but little French.”

“Thus, complementary to the French of France, the Quebecois (and in a lesser degree the Frenches of Africa, Swiss French, etc.) would constitute languages in their own right.”

“Almost three quarters of the population 65 and older reported speaking French.”

“Although he would spend the rest of his life in France, Picasso never mastered the language, and during those early years he was especially self-conscious about how bad his French was.”

“The Frenches of England remain as working languages in the different registers of various occupational communities and for particular social rituals. Beyond the fifteenth century, French is a much less substantial presence in England, though[…]”

“For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended.”

“My French is a little rusty.”

“[Racine's] language is the language of the times, and that of the purest sort; so that his French is reckoned a standard.”

“I'm taking French next semester.”

“Pardon my French.”

“The enraged headsman spares no 'bad French' in explaining his motives.”

“Cameron: Pardon my French, but you're an asshole!”

“The book... is a welcome change from theory-infected academic discourse, pardon my French.”

“Dawn French.”

“David French was a high profile #nevertrump conservative who even toyed with running for president against him.”

“The Hundred Years' War was fought between the English and the French.”

“Under the Fourth Republic, more and more French unionized.”

“[…]to breake the necke of the wicked purposes & plots of the French[…]”

“Such is the nature and complexion of the frenches, that they are worth nothing, but at the first push.”

“On the way, scouts reported that some French were heading toward them across the ice.”

“While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration.”

“French--^([sic]) to do the French--Cocksucking; and, inversely, to tongue a woman.”

“You can be whipped or caned... or you can have French for another pound.”

“Always use condoms with Greek (anal intercourse), straight sex (vaginal intercourse, fucking), French (oral sex).”

“‘French’—still used by prostitutes as a term for oral sex.”

“Tearle replied that gin-and-French and virginian cigarettes would do for him.”

“He was drinking double gins with single Frenches in them.”

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