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french Synonyms & Antonyms

/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/

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French as a Verb

1

To prepare food by cutting it into strips.

2

To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.

3

To kiss in this manner.

4

To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Word Forms & Grammar

french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)

Words That Rhyme With French

Origin of French

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

French: Key Facts

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/
MeaningTo prepare food by cutting it into strips
Verb formsfrenches, frenching, frenched