Franc

See also: franc, frânc, and franc.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French franc (“noble”), from Old French franc, from Latin Francus, from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃/

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Noun

Franc m (plural Francs, feminine Franque)

1. Frank (member of a people that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany)

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Franc m (strong, genitive Franc, plural Francs)

1. franc (currency)

Declension

Declension of Franc [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Franc	die	Francs
genitive	eines	des	Franc	der	Francs
dative	einem	dem	Franc	den	Francs
accusative	einen	den	Franc	die	Francs

Further reading

• “Franc” in Duden online
• “Franc” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Etymology

From Old French franc and/or Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɾˠaŋk/

Noun

Franc m (genitive singular Frainc, nominative plural Frainc)

1. (history) Frank

Declension

Declension of Franc (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Franc Frainc vocative a Fhrainc a Fhranca genitive Frainc Franc dative Franc Frainc forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Franc na Frainc genitive an Fhrainc na bhFranc dative leis an bhFranc don Fhranc leis na Frainc

Derived terms

• francbhéarla m (“lingua franca”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Franc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Franc	Fhranc	bhFranc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Franc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 franc, frangc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [frant͡s]

Proper noun

Franc m pers (female equivalent Francová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Franc (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Franc	Francovia	Francovci
genitive	Franca	Francov	Francovcov
dative	Francovi	Francom	Francovcom
accusative	Franca	Francov	Francovcov
locative	Francovi	Francoch	Francovcoch
instrumental	Francom	Francmi	Francovcami

Further reading

• “Franc”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fránt͡s/

Proper noun

Frȁnc m anim

1. a male given name

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nominative	Frànc
genitive	Fránca
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Frànc
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Fránca
dative (dajȃlnik)	Fráncu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Fránca
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Fráncu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Fráncem