French-languageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English Frenche, Frensch, Frensc, Frenkisch, Franche, from 古期英語 frencisc (“French”, literally “Frankish”), equivalent to Frank +‎ -ish. Cognate with French Français (“French”), Dutch Frans (“French”), German französisch (“French”), Danish fransk (“French”), Swedish fransk, fransysk (“French”), Icelandic franska (“French”).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) enPR: frĕnch, IPA: /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -ɛntʃ

固有名詞

French

1. A Romance language spoken primarily in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Valle d'Aosta and many former French colonies.
   • 1997, Albert Valdman, French and Creole in Louisiana, page 29

     Almost three quarters of the population 65 and older reported speaking French.

   • 2004, Jack Flam, Matisse and Picasso: The Story of Their Rivalry and Friendship, page 18

     Although he would spend the rest of his life in France, Picasso never mastered the language, and during those early years he was especially self-conscious about how bad his French was.

参考

• Wiktionary's coverage of French terms
• Appendix:French Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in French

名詞

French

1. (collective 複数形) People of France, collectively.

   The French and the English have often been at war.

   • 2002, Jeremy Thornton, The French and Indian War, page 14

     On the way, scouts reported that some French were heading toward them across the ice.

2. (informal) Vulgar language.

   Pardon my French.

使用する際の注意点

When used to refer collectively to people of France, the word French is preceded by the definite article or some other determiner.

派生語

• pardon my French

形容詞

French (comparative more French, superlative most French)

1. Of or relating to France.

   the French border with Italy

2. Of or relating to the people or culture of France.

   French customs

3. Of or relating to the French language.

   French verbs

派生語

動詞

French (三人称単数 現在形 Frenches, 現在分詞 Frenching, 過去形および過去分詞形 Frenched)

1. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
   • 1988, Wanda Coleman, A War of Eyes and other stories, page 151

     Tom frenched her full in the mouth.

2. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
   • 1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, page 87

     Even before I thought about what I was doing we Frenched and kissed with tongues.

別の表記

• french

同意語

• French kiss

参考

• Franco-
• Gallic

統計情報

• Most common English words before 1923: returned · seems · soul · #403: French · family · earth · live

外部リンク

• ISO 639-1 code fr, ISO 639-3 code fra (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for French, fra