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François

François

See also: Francois and françois

English

Proper noun

François

  1. commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Franciscus.

Proper noun

François m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to Francis in English.
  2. A patronymic surname.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

Adjective

François m (feminine singular Françoise, masculine plural François, feminine plural Françoises)

  1. French (of, relating to or from France)

Noun

François m (plural François, feminine singular Françoise, feminine plural Françoises)

  1. Frenchman
  2. (in the singular) French language

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Old French

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Noun

François m (feminine Françoise)

  1. Frenchman
    • circa 1200, Philippe de Nanteuil (from 'Anthologie de la poésie lyrique des XIIe et XIIIe siècles'), En chantant veil mon duel faire, ISBN 2-07-032462-1, page 188:
      Ha! Count of Bar, such a suffering
      Will the French inherit from you.

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françois

françois

See also: Francois and François

Old French

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Adjective

françois m (oblique and nominative feminine singular françoise)

  1. French

Noun

françois m (nominative singular françois)

  1. the (Old) French language
    • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci commence le miracle de Théophile:
      S'en sui plus dolenz, Salatin,
      Quar en françois ne en latin
      Ne finai onques de proier
      I am very sad about it, Satan
      For neither in French nor in Latin
      Have I stopped praying for you

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