French
1. the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France (Freq. 6)
• Regions:
France, French Republic
• Members of this Usage Domain:
fin de siecle, noblesse oblige, patois, eminence grise
• Hypernyms:
Romance, Romance language, Latinian language
• Hyponyms:
Langue d'oil, Langue d'oil French, Langue d'oc, Langue d'oc French, Old French,
Old French, Norman French, Old North French, Anglo-French, Anglo-Norman,
Canadian French, Walloon
2. the people of France (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
French people
• Derivationally related forms:
Frenchify
• Hypernyms:
nation, land, country
3. United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
• Syn:
Daniel Chester French
• Instance Hypernyms:
sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker
cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking
- French the potatoes
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
of or pertaining to France or the people of France (Freq. 9)
- French cooking
- a Gallic shrug
• Syn:
Gallic
• Pertains to noun:
France (for: Gallic), France
• Derivationally related forms:
Gaul (for: Gallic)
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