"Francesco" meaning in Italian

See Francesco in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /franˈt͡ʃes.ko/ Forms: Cecco [alternative], Cesco [alternative], Checco [alternative], Chicco [alternative], Ciccio [alternative], Franci [alternative], France [alternative], Fra' [alternative]
Rhymes: -esko Etymology: From Medieval Latin Franciscus, derived from Francia, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|ML.|Franciscus}} Medieval Latin Franciscus, {{der|it|gem-pro|*frankô||javelin}} Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|m}} Francesco m
  1. a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Francesca, equivalent to English Francis Wikipedia link: it:Francesco (nome) Tags: masculine Derived forms: francescano
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "Franciscus"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin Franciscus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frankô",
        "4": "",
        "5": "javelin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin Franciscus, derived from Francia, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cecco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cesco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Checco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chicco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ciccio",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Franci",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "France",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fra'",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Francesco m",
      "name": "it-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Fran‧cé‧sco"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "francescano"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Francesca, equivalent to English Francis"
      ],
      "id": "en-Francesco-it-name-9WoXjbOV",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Francesca",
          "Francesca#Italian"
        ],
        [
          "Francis",
          "Francis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "it:Francesco (nome)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/franˈt͡ʃes.ko/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-esko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Francesco"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "francescano"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "Franciscus"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin Franciscus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frankô",
        "4": "",
        "5": "javelin"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin Franciscus, derived from Francia, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cecco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cesco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Checco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chicco",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ciccio",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Franci",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "France",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fra'",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Francesco m",
      "name": "it-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Fran‧cé‧sco"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian given names",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian male given names",
        "Italian male given names from Latin",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian proper nouns",
        "Italian terms derived from Medieval Latin",
        "Italian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Italian/esko",
        "Rhymes:Italian/esko/3 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Francesca, equivalent to English Francis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Francesca",
          "Francesca#Italian"
        ],
        [
          "Francis",
          "Francis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "it:Francesco (nome)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/franˈt͡ʃes.ko/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-esko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Francesco"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Francesco meaning in Italian (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d 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.