France

Antillean Creole: Fwans

Haitian Creole: Frans

Louisiana Creole: Frans, Lafrans (via la France)

Mauritian Creole: Lafrans (via la France)

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→ Cantonese: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (faat3 laan4 sai1, faat3 laan4-1 sai1)

→ Burmese: ပြင်သစ် (prangsac)

→ Breton: Frañs

→ Eastern Min: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Huák-làng-să̤)

→ Finnish: Frans

→ Hokkien: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Hoat-lân-se)

→ Japanese: フランス (Furansu)

→ Khmer: បារាំង (baarang)

→ Korean: 프랑스 (Peurangseu)

→ Mandarin: 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Fǎlánxī)

→ Manchu: ᡶᠠ
ᠯᠠᠨ
ᠰᡳ (fa lan si)

→ Rade: Prăng

→ Romanian: Franța

Inherited from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Late Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe. Doublet of Francie.


Réunion

administrative region
administrative region

Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


Martinique

Haitian Creole: Matinik

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


Guadeloupe

Antillean Creole: Gwadloup

Haitian Creole: Gwadloup

Named after the Spanish city of Guadalupe. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in honour of the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura shrine.

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Guadeloupe (an island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea)

Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe)


Mayotte

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)


Paris

desctree

→ English: Paris, Paree (humorous, deliberate misspelling), Parish, Parris, Parrish, Pares
→ Arabic: بارِيس (bārīs), بَارِيز (bārīz) — dated, پَارِيس (pārīs) — rare
→ Afar: Baaríis
→ Somali: Baaríis
→ Hindi: पेरिस (peris)
→ Urdu: پَیرِس (pairis)
→ Punjabi: پَیرَس (pairas)

Inherited from Old French Paris, from Late Latin name of an earlier settlement, Lūtētia Parīsiōrum (“Lutetia of the Parisii”), from Latin Parīsiī, a Gaulish tribe.

avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille

Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été

Paris est vraiment belle la nuit

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Breton

fr-noun

Breton m (plural Bretons, feminine Bretonne)

English: Breton, Briton

From Old French Breton, from Latin Brittō.


français

fr-adj

français (feminine française, masculine plural français, feminine plural françaises)

française (feminine)
français (masculine plural)
françaises (feminine plural)

Altered from Middle French françois, from Old French françois, franceis, from France + -ois, corresponding to Early Medieval Latin francēnsis, from Late Latin Francus (“a Frank”). By surface analysis, France + -ais.

(Louisiana) Franco-American or Francophone


Bretagne

→ Greek: Βρετάνη (Vretáni)

→ Russian: Брета́нь (Bretánʹ)

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


alsacien

alsacien (feminine alsacienne, masculine plural alsaciens, feminine plural alsaciennes)

alsacienne (feminine)
alsaciens (masculine plural)
alsaciennes (feminine plural)


alsacien

Alsatian; dialect of German spoken in what is today France


Alpes

→ Belarusian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)

→ Bulgarian: А́лпи (Álpi)

→ Middle English: Alpes

desctree

English: Alps
→ Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)
→ Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)
→ Urdu: الپس (alps)

→ Macedonian: А́лпи (Álpi)

→ Ottoman Turkish: آلپ (Alp)

→ Ottoman Turkish: آلپلر (Alpler)

Turkish: Alpler

→ Persian: آلپ (âlp)

→ Romanian: Alpi

→ Russian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Алпи

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Latin script: Ȃlpe, Alpi (Bosnia, Serbia)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Bastenbas (Lingua)-La Salle-les-Alpes.wav

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


Rennes

Rennes (the capital city of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, France; capital city of the region of Brittany)


rémois

fr-adj

rémois (feminine rémoise, masculine plural rémois, feminine plural rémoises)

rémoise (feminine)
rémois (masculine plural)
rémoises (feminine plural)


Alsacien

fr-noun

Alsacien m (plural Alsaciens, feminine Alsacienne)

Alsaciens (plural)
Alsacienne (feminine)


Corse

Inherited from Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Français

Français m (plural Français, feminine Française)

Louisiana Creole: Françé, Fransé


Nice

From the Roman name, Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)


Rémois

Rémois m (plural Rémois, feminine Rémoise)


basque

→ English: Basque
→ Welsh: Basg

⇒ Irish: Bascach, Bascais

Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange#Works
fr:basque

This form is inherited from Middle French and took precedence in the mid 15th century. Derived from Latin Vascō, singular form of the plural noun Vascones (see there for more).
The transition of the initial -v- to -b- indicates a likely loan from Spanish or Occitan. Old French forms included bascle, and Old Provençal (Occitan), bascon, basclon. Medieval Latin had the plurals bascli, basculi, and basclos, basculos, but also basclones, basculones, while Renaissance Latin used Basculus among other names. The latinate forms with a v have remained in use too. Doublet of gascon and Vascon, from the accusative form Vasconem. A connection to the family of Basque euskal, euskara is uncertain.


breton

fr-adj

breton (feminine bretonne, masculine plural bretons, feminine plural bretonnes)

bretonne (feminine)
bretons (masculine plural)
bretonnes (feminine plural)

(relational) Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)


occitan

occitan (feminine occitane, masculine plural occitans, feminine plural occitanes)

occitane (feminine)
occitans (masculine plural)
occitanes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Occitānus in the phrase lingua Occitāna, Latinization of langue d’oc. The ending -itanus perhaps after aquitanus.


PP

Préfecture de police
w:Paris Police Prefecture

(Paris) Initialism of Préfecture de police.


rennais

rennais (feminine rennaise, masculine plural rennais, feminine plural rennaises)

rennaise (feminine)
rennais (masculine plural)
rennaises (feminine plural)


Provençal

fr-noun

Provençal m (plural Provençaux, feminine Provençale)

Provençaux (plural)
Provençale (feminine)

Provençal (resident or native of Provence)


Savoyard

Savoyard m (plural Savoyards, feminine Savoyarde)


savoyard

fr-adj

savoyard (feminine savoyarde, masculine plural savoyards, feminine plural savoyardes)

savoyarde (feminine)
savoyards (masculine plural)
savoyardes (feminine plural)


Tour de France

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(cycling) Tour de France (annual cycling race through France)


Bordeaux

Inherited from Middle French Bordeaulx, from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.

Bordeaux (the capital city of the Gironde department, France; capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


Lyon

English: Lyon, Lyons

From Latin Lugdūnum, from Gaulish *Lugudūnon (“fort of Lug”), from the Celtic deity Lugus, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Aquitaine

→ English: Aquitaine

Borrowed from Latin Aquitania. Doublet of the inherited Guyenne and Guienne, from Old French Aguyenne.

Gallia Aquitanica
Gallia Aquitanica#English

Gallia Aquitanica (a province of the Roman Empire)

Meronyms: Béarn, Gascogne, Guyenne

Holonym: Gascogne

Meronym: Béarn


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (canonical feminine)

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (an administrative region of France)


Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English:_Q16994

Pays de la Loire (an administrative region of France, near Brittany)


Île-de-France

Likely from a corruption of Frankish *Liddle Franke (“little Franconia”), from Frankish *lūtil (“little”) + the name of the Frankish tribe, later reinterpreted as l’ + île + de + France (the Isle of France).

der

Meronyms: Essonne, Hurepoix, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Val-de-Marne

Île-de-France (an administrative region in north-central France, including Paris)


Normandie

Inherited from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie.

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


Ancien Régime

From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).


Marseille

From the Latin Massilia, Marsilia, Massalia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), possibly an Ancient Ligurian toponym or perhaps from Ancient Greek μάσσων (mássōn, “further”) + ἅλς (háls, “sea”), literally “(city) on far end of the sea” cf. Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía).

af

Meronyms: Belsunce, Canebière, Évêché, Frais-Vallon, La Timone, Sormiou

Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Lille

Inherited from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”), whence also île. The name was resegmented (like its Dutch counterpart Rijsel): in à l'Isle (“at the Isle”), the definite article came to be considered part of the name, and it was thus interpreted as à Lille.

inh+

Meronyms: Bois-Blancs, Faubourg de Béthune, Fives, Hellemmes-Lille, Lille-Moulins, Lomme, Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin, Vauban-Esquermes, Wazemmes

Lille (the department capital of the Nord department, France; regional capital of Hauts-de-France)


Strasbourg

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Toulouse

→ English: Toulouse

Previously Thoulouse; from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin (Volcae Tectosages), or possibly from an Iberian or Aquitanian name.

Toulouse (the capital city of the Haute-Garonne department, France; capital city of the region of Occitanie)


Nantes

From Latin Portus Namnetum, from the name of the Namnetes, a local Gaulish tribe.

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Nantes (the capital city of the Loire-Atlantique department, France; capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire)


Ys

1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques (1993 edition), Plon, chapter IX, page 89; translated 1973 by John and Doreen Weightman as Tristes Tropiques (2011 edition), Penguin Books

The bay at Rio eats right into the heart of the city: you land in the centre, as if the other half, like the fabled town of Ys, had already been engulfed by waves.

Rio est mordu par sa baie jusqu’au cœur; on débarque en plein centre, comme si l’autre moitié, nouvelle Ys, avait été déjà dévorée par les flots.


niçois

fr-adj

niçois (feminine niçoise, masculine plural niçois, feminine plural niçoises)

niçoise (feminine)
niçois (masculine plural)
niçoises (feminine plural)


Parisien

fr-noun

Parisien m (plural Parisiens, feminine Parisienne)

Parisiens (plural)
Parisienne (feminine)

Hier, j’ai rencontré un Parisien à Londres.


provençal

From Provence + -al. Compare provincial.

Provençal; Occitan, especially the dialect of Occitan that is spoken in Provence


parisien

fr-adj

parisien (feminine parisienne, masculine plural parisiens, feminine plural parisiennes)

parisienne (feminine)
parisiens (masculine plural)
parisiennes (feminine plural)


champenois

Champenois (Romance language or dialect)


havrais

havrais (feminine havraise, masculine plural havrais, feminine plural havraises)

havraise (feminine)
havrais (masculine plural)
havraises (feminine plural)


Lyonnais

fr-noun

Lyonnais m (plural Lyonnais, feminine Lyonnaise)


Marseillais

Marseillais m (plural Marseillais, feminine Marseillaise)

Marseillais (plural)
Marseillaise (feminine)


Toulousain

Toulousain m (plural Toulousains, feminine Toulousaine)

Toulousains (plural)
Toulousaine (feminine)


Niçois

Niçois m (plural Niçois, feminine Niçoise)


Nantais

Nantais m (plural Nantais, feminine Nantaise)

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Strasbourgeois

Strasbourgeois m (plural Strasbourgeois, feminine Strasbourgeoise)

Strasbourgeois (plural)
Strasbourgeoise (feminine)


Bordelais

Bordelais m (plural Bordelais, feminine Bordelaise)

Bordelais (plural)
Bordelaise (feminine)

From Old Occitan Bordel (Occitan Bordèu, Catalan Bordeus) + French -ais, -ois.


Lillois

Lillois m (plural Lillois, feminine Lilloise)


Rennais

Rennais m (plural Rennais, feminine Rennaise)


Havrais

Havrais m (plural Havrais, feminine Havraise)


Manceau

Manceau m (plural Manceaux, feminine Mancelle)


Hexagone

From the shape of France; which roughly corresponds to a hexagon (hexagone in French).

Qu’est-ce que l’Hexagone ? C’est la France. Mais le mot «France», entaché d’une affectivité suspecte, petite-bourgeoise, tend à basculer vers le folklore ; le langage contemporain lui préfère celui d’Hexagone qui, dans sa pureté fonctionnelle, semble mieux adapté à la définition d’une grande nation moderne.

1970, Robert Beauvais, L’hexagonal tel qu’on le parle:

What is the "Hexagon"? It is France. But the word "France", blemished by a suspect, petit bourgeois affectivity, tends to fall into folklore; the contemporary language prefers "Hexagon", which, in its functional purity, seems better adapted to the definition of a great modern nation.

Être né sous le signe de l’Hexagone / C’est vraiment pas une sinécure / Et le roi des cons sur son trône / Il est français, ça j’en suis sûr

1975, “Hexagone”, in Amoureux de Paname, performed by Renaud:

Being born under the sign of Hexagon / It's not so much a sinecure / And the king of fools upon his throne / He's French, of that I'm sure


Toulonnais

Toulonnais m (plural Toulonnais, feminine Toulonnaise)

Toulonnais (plural)
Toulonnaise (feminine)

resident or native of Toulon, city in the southeast of France


Guyane

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


marseillais

fr-adj

marseillais (feminine marseillaise, masculine plural marseillais, feminine plural marseillaises)

marseillaise (feminine)
marseillais (masculine plural)
marseillaises (feminine plural)


normand

normand (feminine normande, masculine plural normands, feminine plural normandes)

normande (feminine)
normands (masculine plural)
normandes (feminine plural)


Caennais

fr-noun

Caennais m (plural Caennais, feminine Caennaise)


République Française

République française
République française#French

Alternative form of République française


Angevin

Angevin m (plural Angevins, feminine Angevine)

From Medieval Latin Andegavinus, from Latin Andegavum, from Andecavi.


bourguignon

fr-adj

bourguignon (feminine bourguignonne, masculine plural bourguignons, feminine plural bourguignonnes)

bourguignonne (feminine)
bourguignons (masculine plural)
bourguignonnes (feminine plural)


Picard

English: Picard

a common French surname transferred from the place name, for a resident or native of Picardy


Béziers

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin Betarra, Baeterrae.

Béziers (a city in the Hérault department, France)


Martiniquais

fr-noun

Martiniquais m (plural Martiniquais, feminine Martiniquaise)

Martiniquais (plural)
Martiniquaise (feminine)


Côte d'Azur

→ English: Côte d’Azur

English: Cote d'Azur

côte + de + azur Literally, “Coast of Azure”.

Côte d’Azur (a coast in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, on the Mediterranean), the French Riviera


Tourangeau

Tourangeau m (plural Tourangeaux, feminine Tourangelle)

Tourangeaux (plural)
Tourangelle (feminine)

resident or native of the town of Tours, France. Tourangeau

resident or native of the former, historical province of Touraine, France

resident or native of the district of Touraine, part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec


Antibois

Antibois m (plural Antibois, feminine Antiboise)


antibois

fr-adj

antibois (feminine antiboise, masculine plural antibois, feminine plural antiboises)

antiboise (feminine)
antibois (masculine plural)
antiboises (feminine plural)

(relational) of Antibes, a town in France


aquitain

aquitain (feminine aquitaine, masculine plural aquitains, feminine plural aquitaines)

aquitaine (feminine)
aquitains (masculine plural)
aquitaines (feminine plural)

Holonym: gascon

Meronym: béarnais


toulousain

toulousain (feminine toulousaine, masculine plural toulousains, feminine plural toulousaines)

toulousaine (feminine)
toulousains (masculine plural)
toulousaines (feminine plural)

From Toulouse + -ain or from Occitan tolosan/tolosenc.


lyonnais

lyonnais (feminine lyonnaise, masculine plural lyonnais, feminine plural lyonnaises)

lyonnaise (feminine)
lyonnais (masculine plural)
lyonnaises (feminine plural)


Pas de Calais

pas 'a pass, strait' (from Latin passus 'step, pace') + de 'of' + Calais

the English Channel or Strait of Dover, the North Sea strait between Dover (England) and Calais (France)


bordelais

bordelais (feminine bordelaise, masculine plural bordelais, feminine plural bordelaises)

bordelaise (feminine)
bordelais (masculine plural)
bordelaises (feminine plural)


République française

la République française (canonical feminine)

French Republic (the official name of France, a country in Western Europe)


bourguignonne

a part of the fontange, a particular hair-do (ribbons, wire and lace knotted in the hair) invented by the Duchess of Fontange (one of King Louis XIV’s mistresses in 1679-1680)


Bourguignon

fr-noun

Bourguignon m (plural Bourguignons, feminine Bourguignonne)

Bourguignons (plural)
Bourguignonne (feminine)


nîmois

fr-adj

nîmois (feminine nîmoise, masculine plural nîmois, feminine plural nîmoises)

nîmoise (feminine)
nîmois (masculine plural)
nîmoises (feminine plural)


Gascogne

→ Swedish: Gascogne

From Middle French and Old French Gascoigne, from Medieval Latin Gasconia, from Vulgar Latin Wasconia, from Latin Vasconia, from Vascones + -ia, from Ancient Greek Οὐασκώνων (Ouaskṓnōn), as used by Strabo in his 1st-century Geographica, Book III. Variously derived from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) (literally “he-goat people”) or a variant of Ausci (from which Aquitan, Occitan, and perhaps related to Euskara). Cognate to Basque. Compare Gascon.
For sound changes: /v/ → /w/ occurred in the change from Latin to Proto-Romance, while /w/ → /g/ common in (non-Iberian) Romance languages, notably French; compare warranty and guarantee, William and Guillaume. By contrast, /v/ developed into /b/ and /β̞/ in Spanish and Gascon, under influence of Basque, hence the divergence.


amiénois

amiénois (feminine amiénoise, masculine plural amiénois, feminine plural amiénoises)

amiénoise (feminine)
amiénois (masculine plural)
amiénoises (feminine plural)


Amiénois

fr-noun

Amiénois m (plural Amiénois, feminine Amiénoise)


picard

Inherited from Middle French picard, from Old French picart, pikart, pickart. By surface analysis, pic + -ard. Compare English pike.


nantais

fr-adj

nantais (feminine nantaise, masculine plural nantais, feminine plural nantaises)

nantaise (feminine)
nantais (masculine plural)
nantaises (feminine plural)


Guyane française

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769


Normand

fr-noun

Normand m (plural Normands, feminine Normande)

Inherited from Middle French and Old French Normant.


finistérien

fr-adj

finistérien (feminine finistérienne, masculine plural finistériens, feminine plural finistériennes)

finistérienne (feminine)
finistériens (masculine plural)
finistériennes (feminine plural)

(relational) of Finistère (the westernmost department in Brittany)


lillois

lillois (feminine lilloise, masculine plural lillois, feminine plural lilloises)

lilloise (feminine)
lillois (masculine plural)
lilloises (feminine plural)


toulonnais

toulonnais (feminine toulonnaise, masculine plural toulonnais, feminine plural toulonnaises)

toulonnaise (feminine)
toulonnais (masculine plural)
toulonnaises (feminine plural)


grenoblois

grenoblois (feminine grenobloise, masculine plural grenoblois, feminine plural grenobloises)

grenobloise (feminine)
grenoblois (masculine plural)
grenobloises (feminine plural)


Grenoblois

fr-noun

Grenoblois m (plural Grenoblois, feminine Grenobloise)

Grenoblois (plural)
Grenobloise (feminine)


Rouennais

Rouennais m (plural Rouennais, feminine Rouennaise)

Rouennais (plural)
Rouennaise (feminine)


rouennais

fr-adj

rouennais (feminine rouennaise, masculine plural rouennais, feminine plural rouennaises)

rouennaise (feminine)
rouennais (masculine plural)
rouennaises (feminine plural)


Nancéien

fr-noun

Nancéien m (plural Nancéiens, feminine Nancéienne)

Nancéiens (plural)
Nancéienne (feminine)


nancéien

fr-adj

nancéien (feminine nancéienne, masculine plural nancéiens, feminine plural nancéiennes)

nancéienne (feminine)
nancéiens (masculine plural)
nancéiennes (feminine plural)


auvergnat

a dialect of the Occitan language, spoken in Auvergne


Auvergnat

fr-noun

Auvergnat m (plural Auvergnats, feminine Auvergnate)

Auvergnats (plural)
Auvergnate (feminine)

Inhabitant or native of Auvergne; Auvergnese


Dijonnais

Dijonnais m (plural Dijonnais, feminine Dijonnaise)

Dijonnais (plural)
Dijonnaise (feminine)


dijonnais

fr-adj

dijonnais (feminine dijonnaise, masculine plural dijonnais, feminine plural dijonnaises)

dijonnaise (feminine)
dijonnais (masculine plural)
dijonnaises (feminine plural)


Nîmois

fr-noun

Nîmois m (plural Nîmois, feminine Nîmoise)


Brestois

Brestois m (plural Brestois, feminine Brestoise)


brestois

fr-adj

brestois (feminine brestoise, masculine plural brestois, feminine plural brestoises)

brestoise (feminine)
brestois (masculine plural)
brestoises (feminine plural)


Clermontois

fr-noun

Clermontois m (plural Clermontois, feminine Clermontoise)

Clermontois (plural)
Clermontoise (feminine)


clermontois

fr-adj

clermontois (feminine clermontoise, masculine plural clermontois, feminine plural clermontoises)

clermontoise (feminine)
clermontois (masculine plural)
clermontoises (feminine plural)


tourangeau

tourangeau (feminine tourangelle, masculine plural tourangeaux, feminine plural tourangelles)

tourangelle (feminine)
tourangeaux (masculine plural)
tourangelles (feminine plural)


Besantin

fr-noun

Besantin m (plural Besantins, feminine Besantine)


besantin

fr-adj

besantin (feminine besantine, masculine plural besantins, feminine plural besantines)

besantine (feminine)
besantins (masculine plural)
besantines (feminine plural)


Perpignanais

fr-noun

Perpignanais m (plural Perpignanais, feminine Perpignanaise)

Perpignanais (plural)
Perpignanaise (feminine)


perpignanais

fr-adj

perpignanais (feminine perpignanaise, masculine plural perpignanais, feminine plural perpignanaises)

perpignanaise (feminine)
perpignanais (masculine plural)
perpignanaises (feminine plural)


Orléanais

fr-noun

Orléanais m (plural Orléanais, feminine Orléanaise)

Orléanais (plural)
Orléanaise (feminine)

From Old French Orliens (“an Orléanais”), from Latin Aurēliānus (“a member of the gens Aurelia”), with the suffix -ais (Old French -eis, from Latin -ensis). Cf. Latin Aurelianensis

der

a resident or native of the town of Orleans in France


orléanais

fr-adj

orléanais (feminine orléanaise, masculine plural orléanais, feminine plural orléanaises)

orléanaise (feminine)
orléanais (masculine plural)
orléanaises (feminine plural)


Mulhousien

fr-noun

Mulhousien m (plural Mulhousiens, feminine Mulhousienne)

Mulhousiens (plural)
Mulhousienne (feminine)


mulhousien

fr-adj

mulhousien (feminine mulhousienne, masculine plural mulhousiens, feminine plural mulhousiennes)

mulhousienne (feminine)
mulhousiens (masculine plural)
mulhousiennes (feminine plural)


caennais

caennais (feminine caennaise, masculine plural caennais, feminine plural caennaises)

caennaise (feminine)
caennais (masculine plural)
caennaises (feminine plural)


Avignonnais

fr-noun

Avignonnais m (plural Avignonnais, feminine Avignonnaise)

Avignonnais (plural)
Avignonnaise (feminine)


avignonnais

fr-adj

avignonnais (feminine avignonnaise, masculine plural avignonnais, feminine plural avignonnaises)

avignonnaise (feminine)
avignonnais (masculine plural)
avignonnaises (feminine plural)


Calaisien

fr-noun

Calaisien m (plural Calaisiens, feminine Calaisienne)

Calaisiens (plural)
Calaisienne (feminine)


calaisien

calaisien m (plural calaisiens, feminine calaisienne)

calaisiens (plural)
calaisienne (feminine)


Finistérien

Finistérien m (plural Finistérien, feminine Finistérienne)

Finistérien (plural)
Finistérienne (feminine)


gascon

fr-adj

gascon (feminine gasconne, masculine plural gascons, feminine plural gasconnes)

gasconne (feminine)
gascons (masculine plural)
gasconnes (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French gascon, from Old French gascon, Guascuinz, gascoign, gascun, from Latin vascōnem, from Proto-Basque or Aquitanian euskara. The initial -g- is likely due to influence from Germanic (Visigothic) pronunciation. Doublet of basque.


Dunkerquois

fr-noun

Dunkerquois m (plural Dunkerquois, feminine Dunkerquoise)

Dunkerquois (plural)
Dunkerquoise (feminine)


dunkerquois

fr-adj

dunkerquois (feminine dunkerquoise, masculine plural dunkerquois, feminine plural dunkerquoises)

dunkerquoise (feminine)
dunkerquois (masculine plural)
dunkerquoises (feminine plural)


Occitanie

→ English: Occitanie

Occitania (a historical region in Western Europe)

Occitanie (an administrative region in southern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées)


cannois

cannois (feminine cannoise, masculine plural cannois, feminine plural cannoises)

cannoise (feminine)
cannois (masculine plural)
cannoises (feminine plural)


Cannois

fr-noun

Cannois m (plural Cannois, feminine Cannoise)


Artésien

Artésien m (plural Artésiens, feminine Artésienne)

Artésiens (plural)
Artésienne (feminine)


Lorrain

Lorrain m (plural Lorrains, feminine Lorraine)

resident or native of Lorraine, Lorrainer, Lorrainian


lorrain

fr-adj

lorrain (feminine lorraine, masculine plural lorrains, feminine plural lorraines)

lorraine (feminine)
lorrains (masculine plural)
lorraines (feminine plural)


manceau

manceau (feminine mancelle, masculine plural manceaux, feminine plural mancelles)

mancelle (feminine)
manceaux (masculine plural)
mancelles (feminine plural)


Sorbonne

English: Sorbonne

From Sorbon + -e. Feminine equivalent of Sorbon. From Robert de Sorbon, founder of The Sorbonne.


chartrain

chartrain (feminine chartraine, masculine plural chartrains, feminine plural chartraines)

chartraine (feminine)
chartrains (masculine plural)
chartraines (feminine plural)


artésien

artésien (feminine artésienne, masculine plural artésiens, feminine plural artésiennes)

artésienne (feminine)
artésiens (masculine plural)
artésiennes (feminine plural)


palois

palois (feminine paloise, masculine plural palois, feminine plural paloises)

paloise (feminine)
palois (masculine plural)
paloises (feminine plural)


Palois

fr-noun

Palois m (plural Palois, feminine Paloise)


Beaujolais

Beaujolais m (plural Beaujolais, feminine Beaujolaise)

Beaujolais (plural)
Beaujolaise (feminine)


dieppois

fr-adj

dieppois (feminine dieppoise, masculine plural dieppois, feminine plural dieppoises)

dieppoise (feminine)
dieppois (masculine plural)
dieppoises (feminine plural)


Dieppois

fr-noun

Dieppois m (plural Dieppois, feminine Dieppoise)


narbonnais

fr-adj

narbonnais (feminine narbonnaise, masculine plural narbonnais, feminine plural narbonnaises)

narbonnaise (feminine)
narbonnais (masculine plural)
narbonnaises (feminine plural)


Narbonnais

fr-noun

Narbonnais m (plural Narbonnais, feminine Narbonnaise)

Narbonnais (plural)
Narbonnaise (feminine)


strasbourgeois

fr-adj

strasbourgeois (feminine strasbourgeoise, masculine plural strasbourgeois, feminine plural strasbourgeoises)

strasbourgeoise (feminine)
strasbourgeois (masculine plural)
strasbourgeoises (feminine plural)


tourquennois

tourquennois (feminine tourquennoise, masculine plural tourquennois, feminine plural tourquennoises)

tourquennoise (feminine)
tourquennois (masculine plural)
tourquennoises (feminine plural)


biarrot

biarrot (feminine biarrote, masculine plural biarrots, feminine plural biarrotes)

biarrote (feminine)
biarrots (masculine plural)
biarrotes (feminine plural)


Biarrot

fr-noun

Biarrot m (plural Biarrots, feminine Biarrote)


valenciennois

fr-adj

valenciennois (feminine valenciennoise, masculine plural valenciennois, feminine plural valenciennoises)

valenciennoise (feminine)
valenciennois (masculine plural)
valenciennoises (feminine plural)


cherbourgeois

cherbourgeois (feminine cherbourgeoise, masculine plural cherbourgeois, feminine plural cherbourgeoises)

cherbourgeoise (feminine)
cherbourgeois (masculine plural)
cherbourgeoises (feminine plural)


montpelliérain

the form of Occitan spoken in Montpellier


Bellefontaine

English: Bellefontaine

From belle (“beautiful”) + fontaine (“fountain”).

af

Bellefontaine (toponym of numerous places)


Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (an administrative region of France, created in 2016 by the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes)


Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France (an administrative region of France, created in 2016 by the merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy)


carcassonnais

fr-adj

carcassonnais (feminine carcassonnaise, masculine plural carcassonnais, feminine plural carcassonnaises)

carcassonnaise (feminine)
carcassonnais (masculine plural)
carcassonnaises (feminine plural)


Grand Est

/ɡʁɑ̃.t‿ɛst/

Grand Est (an administrative region in northeastern France, created in 2016 by the fusion of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne)


Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (an administrative region in eastern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté)


garbure

→ English: garbure


Panier

From panier (“basket”), after the street name (rue du Panier), itself from the Logis du Panier (attested 1683), an inn located there.

Holonym: Marseille

A neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Centre-Val de Loire

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Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English:_Q13947

Centre-Val de Loire (an administrative region in central France, previously named Centre)


Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Nouvelle-Aquitaine (an administrative region in southwestern France, established in 2016 by the merger of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes)


cotriade

From Breton kaoteriad, which comes from kaoter (“pot”) + -ad.


Carcassonnais

fr-noun

Carcassonnais m (plural Carcassonnais, feminine Carcassonnaise)

Carcassonnais (plural)
Carcassonnaise (feminine)

resident or native of the city of Carcassonne


Champenois

Champenois m (plural Champenois, feminine Champenoise)

Champenois (plural)
Champenoise (feminine)

resident or native of Champagne (male or of unspecified gender)


mer Méditerranée

la mer Méditerranée (canonical feminine)


Couserans

Holonyms: Ariège, Gascogne

Meronyms: Aleu, Alos, Antras, Argein, Arrien-en-Bethmale, Aucazein, Audressein, Aulus-les-Bains, Balaguères, Biert, Boussenac, Castillon-en-Couserans, Cescau, Couflens, Engomer, Encourtiech, Ercé, Erp, Eycheil, Lacourt, Le Port, Lorp-Sentaraille, Massat, Montjoie-en-Couserans, Oust, Rivèrenert, Saint-Girons, Saint-Lizier, Salsein, Seix, Sentein, Sentenac-d’Oust, Soueix-Rogalle, Soulan

Couserans (a historical region of Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Paris de l'Orient

le Paris de l’ Orient (canonical feminine masculine)

(historical) Synonym of Shanghaï (“Paris of the East”)


golfe de Gascogne

Holonym: océan Atlantique


Quercy

Holonym: Occitanie


Urau

English: Urau

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Noustens, Urale

Urau (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Comminges

English: Comminges

Holonym: Gascogne

Meronyms: Arbas, Aspet, Belbèze-en-Comminges, Figarol, Lavelanet-de-Comminges, Mane, Martres-Tolosane, Mazères-sur-Salat, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Saleich, Salies-du-Salat, Soueich, Urau

Comminges (a former region in France, Occitanie)


Saleich

English: Saleich

Borrowed from Occitan Saleish. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Artihaguère, Chac, Gérus, Gouttille, Montégut, Pyrène, Saleich Vieille, Tachouères

Saleich (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


Couflens

English: Couflens

Borrowed from Occitan Coflens, from Latin cōnfluentia.

Holonym: Couserans

Couflens (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Oust

English: Oust

Holonym: Couserans

Oust (a village in the Ariège department, France)


Longages

English: Longages

Holonyms: Haute-Garonne, Languedoc

Longages (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, France)


parisianisme

Inherited from Middle French parisianisme. By surface analysis, parisien + -isme.

inh+

(linguistics) characteristically Parisian turn of phrase, expression, etc. [since 1583]

(generally derogatory) stereotypically Parisian attitudes and mores; in particular, Parisian snobbery [since 1840]


Macronie

2021 June 8, “VIDEO. Emmanuel Macron giflé par un homme qui a crié "A bas la Macronie !", deux interpellations”, in La Dépêche:

Emmanuel Macron slapped by a man shouting "Down with Macronland!", two arrests

France under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron


outre-Quiévrain

Literally, “on the other side of Quiévrain”.
Historically, the Quiévrain station was the border crossing on the Paris-Brussels railway, from 1846 until 1988.


bayonnais

fr-adj

bayonnais (feminine bayonnaise, masculine plural bayonnais, feminine plural bayonnaises)

bayonnaise (feminine)
bayonnais (masculine plural)
bayonnaises (feminine plural)


Grand Remplacement

le Grand Remplacement (canonical masculine)

/ɡʁɑ̃ ʁɑ̃.plas.mɑ̃/

Coined by French novelist, conspiracy theorist and white nationalist writer Renaud Camus in 2010.

coin

Mais pour les théoriciens du « grand remplacement », les « descendants d’immigrés », dans leur acception biologique, seront éternellement des étrangers à la Nation, génération après génération.

2014 January 24, Frédéric Joignot, quoting Nicolas Bancel, “« Un inquiétant imaginaire de purification ethnique et culturelle »”, in Le Monde:


Frais-Vallon

Holonym: Marseille

A neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Belsunce

Holonym: Marseille


Armoricain

fr-noun

Armoricain m (plural Armoricains, feminine Armoricaine)

Armoricains (plural)
Armoricaine (feminine)


néobreton

fr-adj

néobreton (feminine néobretonne, masculine plural néobretons, feminine plural néobretonnes)

néobretonne (feminine)
néobretons (masculine plural)
néobretonnes (feminine plural)


Sénezien

fr-noun

Sénezien m (plural Séneziens, feminine Sénezienne)

Séneziens (plural)
Sénezienne (feminine)

an inhabitant of Senez, a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence


néohaussmannien

fr-adj

néohaussmannien (feminine néohaussmannienne, masculine plural néohaussmanniens, feminine plural néohaussmanniennes)

néohaussmannienne (feminine)
néohaussmanniens (masculine plural)
néohaussmanniennes (feminine plural)


Montastruc-de-Salies

Holonym: Comminges

Montastruc-de-Salies (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Rouède

Holonym: Comminges

Meronyms: Bagiri, Cloutas, Loumat, Peyré, Tumares

Rouède (a village in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitanie, France)


Kanaky

New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Couserannais

fr-noun

Couserannais m (plural Couserannais, feminine Couserannaise)

Couserannais (plural)
Couserannaise (feminine)


Ariégeois

Ariégeois m (plural Ariégeois, feminine Ariégeoise)

Ariégeois (plural)
Ariégeoise (feminine)


Trois Glorieuses

les Trois Glorieuses (canonical feminine plural)

Ellipsis of trois glorieuses journées (literally “three glorious [days]”).

ellipsis

(history) The three days of the French July Revolution of 1830, from July 27 to 29.


toulougien

fr-adj

toulougien (feminine toulougienne, masculine plural toulougiens, feminine plural toulougiennes)

toulougienne (feminine)
toulougiens (masculine plural)
toulougiennes (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Toulouges (town in Pyrénées-Orientales, France)


briochin

briochin (feminine briochine, masculine plural briochins, feminine plural briochines)

briochine (feminine)
briochins (masculine plural)
briochines (feminine plural)


Versaillais

fr-noun

Versaillais m (plural Versaillais, feminine Versaillaise)

Versaillais (plural)
Versaillaise (feminine)

resident or native of Versailles (male or of unspecified gender)


massatois

fr-adj

massatois (feminine massatoise, masculine plural massatois, feminine plural massatoises)

massatoise (feminine)
massatois (masculine plural)
massatoises (feminine plural)

from or of Massat (village in Ariège, France)


graulhétois

graulhétois (feminine graulhétoise, masculine plural graulhétois, feminine plural graulhétoises)

graulhétoise (feminine)
graulhétois (masculine plural)
graulhétoises (feminine plural)


agathois

agathois (feminine agathoise, masculine plural agathois, feminine plural agathoises)

agathoise (feminine)
agathois (masculine plural)
agathoises (feminine plural)


canétois

canétois (feminine canétoise, masculine plural canétois, feminine plural canétoises)

canétoise (feminine)
canétois (masculine plural)
canétoises (feminine plural)

from or of Canet-en-Roussillon (town in Pyrénées-Orientales)


anianais

anianais (feminine anianaise, masculine plural anianais, feminine plural anianaises)

anianaise (feminine)
anianais (masculine plural)
anianaises (feminine plural)

from or of Aniane (small town in Hérault)


Sormiou

→ English: Sormiou

Holonym: Marseille

Sormiou (a neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


rouergat

rouergat (feminine rouergate, masculine plural rouergats, feminine plural rouergates)

rouergate (feminine)
rouergats (masculine plural)
rouergates (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Rouergue (region of Aveyron, France)


portésien

portésien (feminine portésienne, masculine plural portésiens, feminine plural portésiennes)

portésienne (feminine)
portésiens (masculine plural)
portésiennes (feminine plural)

from or of Portes (village of Gard, France)

from or of Portet-sur-Garonne (town of Haute-Garonne, France)

from or of Portets (village of Gironde, France)


fraignaud

fraignaud (feminine fraignaude, masculine plural fraignauds, feminine plural fraignaudes)

fraignaude (feminine)
fraignauds (masculine plural)
fraignaudes (feminine plural)


frasnois

frasnois (feminine frasnoise, masculine plural frasnois, feminine plural frasnoises)

frasnoise (feminine)
frasnois (masculine plural)
frasnoises (feminine plural)


cérétan

cérétan (feminine cérétane, masculine plural cérétans, feminine plural cérétanes)

cérétane (feminine)
cérétans (masculine plural)
cérétanes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Catalan ceretà. By surface analysis, Céret + -an.

of, from or relating to Céret (town in Pyrénées-Orientales, France)


carrossois

carrossois (feminine carrossoise, masculine plural carrossois, feminine plural carrossoises)

carrossoise (feminine)
carrossois (masculine plural)
carrossoises (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Carros (town in Alpes-Maritimes, France)


nobeltussois

nobeltussois (feminine nobeltussoise, masculine plural nobeltussois, feminine plural nobeltussoises)

nobeltussoise (feminine)
nobeltussois (masculine plural)
nobeltussoises (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Toussus-le-Noble (villagz in Yvelines, France)


carmentracien

carmentracien (feminine carmentracienne, masculine plural carmentraciens, feminine plural carmentraciennes)

carmentracienne (feminine)
carmentraciens (masculine plural)
carmentraciennes (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Charmentray (town in Seine-et-Marne, France)


Luynes

English: Luynes

* (Bouches-du-Rhône): Borrowed from Occitan Loina.
* (Indre-et-Loire): 1619. Previously named Maillé.

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence

A neighborhood of Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


angoumoisin

angoumoisin (feminine angoumoisine, masculine plural angoumoisins, feminine plural angoumoisines)

angoumoisine (feminine)
angoumoisins (masculine plural)
angoumoisines (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Angoulême (city in Charente, France)

of, from or relating to Angoumois (region of Charente, France)


Belle de Mai

Holonym: Marseille

A neighborhood of Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France


Les Milles

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence


Célony

Holonym: Aix-en-Provence


Malnoue

From malnoue (literally “bad (marshy) pasture”), from mal- + noue.

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

A district of Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


illibérien

illibérien (feminine illibérienne, masculine plural illibériens, feminine plural illibériennes)

illibérienne (feminine)
illibériens (masculine plural)
illibériennes (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Elne (town in Pyrénées-Orientales, France)


bugeysien

bugeysien (feminine bugeysienne, masculine plural bugeysiens, feminine plural bugeysiennes)

bugeysienne (feminine)
bugeysiens (masculine plural)
bugeysiennes (feminine plural)


ardimontan

ardimontan (feminine ardimontane, masculine plural ardimontans, feminine plural ardimontanes)

ardimontane (feminine)
ardimontans (masculine plural)
ardimontanes (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Montardit (village in Ariège, France)


tonnerrois

tonnerrois (feminine tonnerroise, masculine plural tonnerrois, feminine plural tonnerroises)

tonnerroise (feminine)
tonnerrois (masculine plural)
tonnerroises (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Tonnerre (town in Yonne, France)


céronnais

céronnais (feminine céronnaise, masculine plural céronnais, feminine plural céronnaises)

céronnaise (feminine)
céronnais (masculine plural)
céronnaises (feminine plural)

of, from or relating to Cérons (village in Gironde, France)


ville rose

(periphrasis) Synonym of Toulouse (“Toulouse”)


cité phocéenne

(periphrasis) Synonym of Marseille (“Marseille”)