"french" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/ [UK, US], [fɹ̠ɛn̠t͡ʃ] [UK, US] Audio: en-us-French.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-french.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-french.wav [US] Forms: frenches [present, singular, third-person], frenching [participle, present], frenched [participle, past], frenched [past]
enPR: frĕnch Rhymes: -ɛntʃ Etymology: From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|French}} Middle English French, {{m|enm|Frensch}} Frensch, {{m|enm|Frensh}} Frensh, {{inh|en|ang|frencisc||of the Franks, Frankish, French}} Old English frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), {{m|ang|Franca||a Frank}} Franca (“a Frank”), {{cog|goh|Franko||a Frank}} Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), {{cog|ang|franca||javelin, spear}} Old English franca (“javelin, spear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)
  1. (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips. Tags: transitive Translations (prepare food by cutting it into strips): suikaloida (Finnish), émincer (French), खाद्य पदार्थ के टुकड़े करना (khādya padārth ke ṭukṛe karnā) (Hindi), अन्नपदार्थाचे कापे करणे (annapdārthāce kāpe karṇe) (Marathi)
    Sense id: en-french-en-verb-Cz7eTp-J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 8 3 38 Disambiguation of 'prepare food by cutting it into strips': 91 3 0 6
  2. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to kiss while inserting tongue): French kiss, French
    Sense id: en-french-en-verb-vvpV7eDY Disambiguation of 'to kiss while inserting tongue': 4 75 18 2
  3. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-french-en-verb-GOhPkXPN
  4. (cooking) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak). Categories (topical): Cooking Translations ((cooking) stylishly expose bone): manchonner (French)
    Sense id: en-french-en-verb-c7EQazLP Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of '(cooking) stylishly expose bone': 12 2 1 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frenched Related terms: French, julienne

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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