英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃm(ə)n/
  • • (pin-pen merger) IPA: /ˈfɹɪ̟nt͡ʃm(ə)n/
• ハイフネーション: French‧man

名詞

Frenchman (plural Frenchmen)

1. A man of French birth or nationality.
   • 1953 December 7, “ASIA: The Two Anti-Communists”, in TIME‎:

     A deep-seated misgiving about U.S. Asian policy is spreading among anti-Communists in Southeast Asia, who fear that the Korean truce is the first sign of U.S. withdrawal. In Hong Kong, anti-Communist Chinese newspapers, even those critical of Chiang, now talk about “U.S. double-faced diplomacy.” One said that “Ike and Dulles have stepped right into Acheson’s shoes.” Though Secretary Dulles has bulled through a special $387 million grant to bolster anti-Communist resistance in Indo-China, Frenchmen frequently grumble: Why should we fight our Communists to a finish when you did not fight yours to a finish in Korea?

   • 1975, Sue Helder Goliber, The Life and Times of Marguerite Durand: A Study in French Feminism, page 128:

     The former recommended that all members of the Chamber of Deputies be elected by the scrutin de liste: that they be elected by all Frenchmen of both sexes over 21 years old.

2. A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
3. (UK) The red-legged partridge.

派生語

• Frenchman's Cay
• Frenchman's Cove

参考

• Frenchwoman