franc

• frank (obsolete)

Borrowed from French franc. Doublet of Frank, frank, and farang.

• (without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæŋk/, [ˈfɹʷæŋk]

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  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯ŋk]; /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈfɹʷɛ̃ŋk]
• Rhymes: -æŋk
• Hyphenation: franc
• Homophones: frank, Frank

franc (plural francs)

1. Any of several units of currency.

   Belgian franc

   French franc

   Swiss franc

   CFA franc

   CFP franc

   old franc

   franc germinal

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

   • 1927 February 28, “FRANCE: Poincaré’s Week”, in TIME‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 April 2025:

     Premier Raymond Poincaré, ever an arch militarist, took full advantage of last week’s war scare in the Belgian Parliament to trumpet through the inspired Parisian press that France must drastically increase her armaments. While this propaganda was at its height, he announced to the Chamber that the first important measure to be presented by the Cabinet during the present session (TIME, Nov. 22 et seq.) will be a bill appropriating several billion francs for armaments and fortification of the Franco-German and Franco-Italian frontiers.

• ARFCN, cfRNA

From Late Latin Francus, perhaps via Old French franc.

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [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, 2026
• “franc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “franc”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from French franc.

franc c (singular definite francen, plural indefinite franc)

1. franc (currency)

• belgierfranc
• schweizerfranc

• “franc” in Den Danske Ordbog

Inherited from Middle French franc, from Old French franc (“free, genuine, sincere”), from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”).

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃/

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

1. Frankish, Franconian

   Synonym: francique

   langue franche ― Frankish language

2. free

   Synonym: libre

   avoir les coudées franches ― to be unrestrained, to be unencumbered, to have a free rein

   à franc étrier ― at full speed, hell-for-leather, flat out

   port franc ― free port

   corps franc ― autonomous paramilitary corps

   coup franc ― free kick

3. frank; honest

   franc comme l'or ― as good as gold

   jouer franc jeu ― play fair

4. full

   Synonyms: entier, complet, plein

   4 jours francs ― 4 full days

franc m (plural francs)

1. franc (any of several units of currency)

   Synonym: balle

   franc belge ― Belgian franc

   franc français ― French franc

   franc suisse ― Swiss franc

   franc CFA ― CFA franc

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

• “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, 2013–2026

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”)

3=franc
4=francane
ip2=francs

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/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/neuter plural france)

1. frank, sincere, honest