- of or connected with France, its people or its languageOxford Collocations DictionaryFrench is used with these nouns:
- aristocracy
- bean
- champagne
- …
Word OriginOld English Frencisc, of Germanic origin.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See French in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytake French leave
- (British English) to leave work without asking permission first
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