"Nancy" meaning in French

See Nancy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /nan.si/
Etymology: Borrowed from English Nancy. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|Nancy}} Borrowed from English Nancy Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|f}} Nancy f
  1. a female given name from English Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Nancy-fr-name-vxWTAIbl Categories (other): French female given names, French given names
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /nɑ̃.si/
Etymology: From the medieval name, Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig. Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|ML.|Nanciacum}} Medieval Latin Nanciacum, {{der|fr|goh|Nanzig}} Old High German Nanzig Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} Nancy m
  1. Nancy (a city, the prefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Cities in Grand Est, France, Cities in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, Places in France, Places in Grand Est, France, Places in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, Prefectures of Grand Est, France Derived forms: nancéien, Nancéien, Nancéienne
    Sense id: en-Nancy-fr-name-OXYFIAHA Categories (other): Departmental capitals of Grand Est, France, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "Nancy"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English Nancy",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Nancy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Nancy f",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name from English"
      ],
      "id": "en-Nancy-fr-name-vxWTAIbl",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nan.si/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nancy"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "Nanciacum"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin Nanciacum",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "Nanzig"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Nanzig",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the medieval name, Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Nancy m",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Cities in Grand Est, France",
          "orig": "fr:Cities in Grand Est, France",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Cities in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France",
          "orig": "fr:Cities in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Departmental capitals of Grand Est, France",
          "orig": "fr:Departmental capitals of Grand Est, France",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Places in France",
          "orig": "fr:Places in France",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Places in Grand Est, France",
          "orig": "fr:Places in Grand Est, France",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Places in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France",
          "orig": "fr:Places in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Prefectures of Grand Est, France",
          "orig": "fr:Prefectures of Grand Est, France",
          "parents": [
            "Prefectures",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nancéien"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nancéien"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nancéienne"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nancy (a city, the prefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Nancy-fr-name-OXYFIAHA",
      "links": [
        [
          "Nancy",
          "Nancy#English"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Meurthe-et-Moselle",
          "Meurthe-et-Moselle#English"
        ],
        [
          "Grand Est",
          "Grand Est#English"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑ̃.si/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nancy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French proper nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from English",
    "French terms borrowed from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms derived from English",
    "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old High German",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "Nancy"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English Nancy",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English Nancy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Nancy f",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French female given names",
        "French female given names from English",
        "French given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name from English"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nan.si/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nancy"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French proper nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old High German",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nancéien"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nancéien"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nancéienne"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "Nanciacum"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin Nanciacum",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "Nanzig"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Nanzig",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the medieval name, Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Nancy m",
      "name": "fr-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "fr:Cities in Grand Est, France",
        "fr:Cities in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France",
        "fr:Departmental capitals of Grand Est, France",
        "fr:Places in France",
        "fr:Places in Grand Est, France",
        "fr:Places in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France",
        "fr:Prefectures of Grand Est, France"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nancy (a city, the prefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Nancy",
          "Nancy#English"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Meurthe-et-Moselle",
          "Meurthe-et-Moselle#English"
        ],
        [
          "Grand Est",
          "Grand Est#English"
        ],
        [
          "France",
          "France#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑ̃.si/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nancy"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Nancy meaning in French (2.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.