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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("French" is a kind of...):
Latinian language; Romance; Romance language (the group of languages derived from Latin)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Domain member usage:
fin-de-siecle; fin de siecle (relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century))
fin de siecle (the end of a century, especially the 19th century)
eminence grise ((French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position)
patois (a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard)
noblesse oblige (the obligation of those of high rank to be honorable and generous (often used ironically))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "French"):
Langue d'oil; Langue d'oil French (medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France)
Langue d'oc; Langue d'oc French (medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France)
Old French (the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century)
Norman-French; Norman French; Old North French (the medieval Norman dialect of Old French)
Anglo-French; Anglo-Norman (the French (Norman) language used in medieval England)
Canadian French (the French language as spoken in Quebec, Canada)
Walloon (a dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France)
Domain member usage:
fin-de-siecle (marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The people of France
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("French" is a kind of...):
country; land; nation (the people who live in a nation or country)
Derivation:
Frenchify (become French in appearance or character)
Frenchify (make French in appearance or character)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
Synonyms:
Daniel Chester French; French
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
carver; sculptor; sculpturer; statue maker (an artist who creates sculptures)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to France or the people of France
Example:
a Gallic shrug
Synonyms:
French; Gallic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
France (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking
Example:
French the potatoes
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "French" is one way to...):
cut (shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
A sudden thought struck him, however, and he ran through the hall door and round to the lawn upon which the long French windows open.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It is our French gold,” whispered the director.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Bob swore!”—as the Englishman said for “Good night”, when he first learnt French, and thought it so like English.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Poor as he is, he didn't forget a servant or a child in the house, and not a soul here, from the French laundrywoman to Miss Norton forgot him.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He showed me out through his own French window, which had been open all this time.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A traditional French unit of length equal to approximately 0.3248 meter or 12.79 inches.
(Pied, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in the Pacific, comprised of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about midway between Peru and New Zealand, southeast of French Polynesia.
(Pitcairn, NCI Thesaurus)
At first they told me he was fighting the French, and then after some years one heard less about the French and more about General Buonaparte.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Right easy were the Montacutes of their Castle of Twynham, and little had they to dread from roving galley or French squadron, while Lady Mary Loring had the ordering of it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Well, step up here, Dick, and let me see your tongue. No, I should be surprised if he did! The man's tongue is fit to frighten the French. Another fever.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
