French in Different Languages
Discover 'French' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
French
Afrikaans frans | ||
Albanian frëngjisht | ||
Amharic ፈረንሳይኛ | ||
Arabic فرنسي | ||
Armenian ֆրանսերեն | ||
Assamese ফৰাচী | ||
Aymara francés aru | ||
Azerbaijani fransız dili | ||
Bambara faransikan na | ||
Basque frantsesa | ||
Belarusian французская | ||
Bengali ফরাসি | ||
Bhojpuri फ्रेंच भाषा के बा | ||
Bosnian francuski | ||
Bulgarian френски | ||
Catalan francès | ||
Cebuano pransiya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 法文 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 法文 | ||
Corsican francese | ||
Croatian francuski | ||
Czech francouzština | ||
Danish fransk | ||
Dhivehi ފްރެންޗް ބަހުންނެވެ | ||
Dogri फ्रेंच | ||
Dutch frans | ||
English french | ||
Esperanto francoj | ||
Estonian prantsuse keel | ||
Ewe fransegbe me nya | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pranses | ||
Finnish ranskan kieli | ||
French français | ||
Frisian frânsk | ||
Galician francés | ||
Georgian ფრანგული | ||
German französisch | ||
Greek γαλλική γλώσσα | ||
Guarani francés ñe’ẽme | ||
Gujarati ફ્રેન્ચ | ||
Haitian Creole franse | ||
Hausa faransanci | ||
Hawaiian palani | ||
Hebrew צָרְפָתִית | ||
Hindi फ्रेंच | ||
Hmong fab kis | ||
Hungarian francia | ||
Icelandic franska | ||
Igbo french | ||
Ilocano pranses nga | ||
Indonesian perancis | ||
Irish fraincis | ||
Italian francese | ||
Japanese フランス語 | ||
Javanese prancis | ||
Kannada ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ | ||
Kazakh француз | ||
Khmer បារាំង | ||
Kinyarwanda igifaransa | ||
Konkani फ्रेंच भास | ||
Korean 프랑스 국민 | ||
Krio frɛnch | ||
Kurdish fransî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فەڕەنسی | ||
Kyrgyz франсузча | ||
Lao ຝຣັ່ງ | ||
Latin gallica | ||
Latvian franču | ||
Lingala lifalanse | ||
Lithuanian prancūzų kalba | ||
Luganda olufaransa | ||
Luxembourgish franséisch | ||
Macedonian француски | ||
Maithili फ्रेंच | ||
Malagasy frantsay | ||
Malay bahasa perancis | ||
Malayalam ഫ്രഞ്ച് | ||
Maltese franċiż | ||
Maori wiwi | ||
Marathi फ्रेंच | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐ꯭ꯔꯦꯟꯆ | ||
Mizo french tawng a ni | ||
Mongolian франц | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြင်သစ် | ||
Nepali फ्रेन्च | ||
Norwegian fransk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chifalansa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଫରାସୀ | ||
Oromo afaan faransaayii | ||
Pashto فرانسوي | ||
Persian فرانسوی | ||
Polish francuski | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) francês | ||
Punjabi ਫ੍ਰੈਂਚ | ||
Quechua francés simipi | ||
Romanian limba franceza | ||
Russian французский язык | ||
Samoan falani | ||
Sanskrit फ्रेंचभाषा | ||
Scots Gaelic frangach | ||
Sepedi sefora | ||
Serbian француски | ||
Sesotho sefora | ||
Shona chifrench | ||
Sindhi فرانسي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රංශ | ||
Slovak francúzsky | ||
Slovenian francosko | ||
Somali faransiis | ||
Spanish francés | ||
Sundanese perancis | ||
Swahili kifaransa | ||
Swedish franska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pranses | ||
Tajik фаронсавӣ | ||
Tamil பிரஞ்சு | ||
Tatar француз | ||
Telugu ఫ్రెంచ్ | ||
Thai ฝรั่งเศส | ||
Tigrinya ፈረንሳዊ | ||
Tsonga xifurwa | ||
Turkish fransızca | ||
Turkmen fransuz | ||
Twi (Akan) franse kasa | ||
Ukrainian французька | ||
Urdu فرانسیسی | ||
Uyghur فىرانسۇزچە | ||
Uzbek frantsuz | ||
Vietnamese người pháp | ||
Welsh ffrangeg | ||
Xhosa isifrentshi | ||
Yiddish פראנצויזיש | ||
Yoruba faranse | ||
Zulu isifulentshi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "Frans" in Afrikaans has its origins in the Old French word "franceis," which meant "French" or "of France". |
| Albanian | The word "Frëngjisht" is derived from the Frankish people, who ruled over much of Europe in the Middle Ages. |
| Arabic | فرنسي (French) also means "someone who goes to extremes," perhaps to the point of "going all out" or being eccentric. |
| Armenian | The word "Ֆրանսերեն" ultimately derives from the Frankish tribe that conquered much of Western Europe in the 5th century. |
| Azerbaijani | The word “Fransız dili” is used to refer to both the French language and the French people in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "Frantsesa" is derived from the Basque words "franko" (free) and "sesa" (language), and also means "Frankish" or "Frankonian". |
| Belarusian | The word "Французская" can also mean "French Fries" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | ফরাসি শব্দটির ব্যুৎপত্তি মূলতঃ একটি আরবি শব্দ "ফিরান্সি" থেকে এসেছে। |
| Bosnian | The word "Francuski" also means "French fries" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "Френски" also means "braid" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The exonym “Francès” for France and “French” also derives from the Frankish people. |
| Cebuano | {"text": "The name may be derived from the Spanish word for "Francia", or from the Hokkien word for "French", "Hoat-su-kok""} |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 中国古代对西方国家的统称，现多指法国、意大利等罗曼语系国家 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「法文」一詞在中文除了指稱「法語」之外，也意指「法律條文」或「法律文書」。 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "Francese" can also refer to the French language or people of French descent. |
| Croatian | Francuski' is derived from the Old Frankish word 'Frenkis', referring to the Frankish people who conquered Gaul in the 5th century. |
| Czech | Slovo „francouzština” pochází ze staroněmeckého „Franzoys” označujícího „frankouzsko-římského“ a označuje původně „řeč Francouzů“. |
| Danish | The word is derived from the Old Norse Franks, meaning "the fierce people." |
| Dutch | Frans can also mean 'fringe' or 'edge' in Dutch, referring to the fringes of a garment or the edges of a piece of fabric. |
| Estonian | The word is a compound of two words, "Prantus" from Latin Francia and "keel" meaning "language". |
| Finnish | The word "Ranskan kieli" is formed from the words "Ranska", which is the nominative form of the Finnish word for "France", and "kieli", which means "language". Thus, the word "Ranskan kieli" literally means "the language of France". |
| French | Le mot « français » vient du latin populaire *francíscús, lui-même dérivé du germanique *frankisk signifiant « relatif aux Francs ». |
| Frisian | It also means "foreign" or "unknown" in the modern sense. |
| Galician | Francés means "frank" in Galician, and is related to the name of the Germanic tribe that settled in Western Europe in the 3rd century. |
| Georgian | ფრანგული also means |
| German | The word "Französisch" derives from the Old High German word "frankonisk", which referred to the Franks, a Germanic tribe that conquered Gaul (present-day France) in the 5th century. |
| Greek | The term "γαλλική γλώσσα" in Greek comes from the name of the Galatians, a Celtic people who inhabited an area now known as France. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "Franse" in Haitian Creole can also mean "speaking French" or "French-speaking". |
| Hausa | The word “Faransanci” in Hausa also denotes “Europeans” irrespective of the country of origin of the person. |
| Hawaiian | Palani, in Hawaiian, can refer to a small fish, as well as the island of Lanai. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "צָרְפָתִית" (French) originally referred to the language of the Crusaders from the Kingdom of Jerusalem. |
| Hindi | In Hindi, the word "फ्रेंच" can also refer to the French language or a person from France. |
| Hmong | Fab Kis is also used by Hmong people to refer to people of European descent. |
| Hungarian | Francia in Hungarian can also refer to the Frankish Empire or Franconia. |
| Icelandic | Franska, in addition to meaning "French", can also refer to a type of French mustard or a woman with a specific character or appearance. |
| Igbo | French (French) is also used by many Igbo speakers to mean something that appears good, beautiful or impressive. |
| Indonesian | "Perancis" juga mengacu pada orang dari Prancis, budaya Prancis, atau bahasa Prancis. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'Fraincis' (French) derives from the Latin 'Francia', denoting the land of the Franks, a Germanic people who established the Frankish Kingdom in the 5th century. |
| Italian | The word "francese" in Italian is often used to refer to the French fries |
| Japanese | フランス語の起源は古フランス語の「franc」，ゲルマン祖語の「*frankōn」に遡り，本来は「自由の人」を意味した。 |
| Javanese | "Prancis" in Javanese can colloquially refer to any Westerners, not just people from France. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್' in Kannada can also refer to the French language, people, or culture. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "Француз" can also refer to a type of flower known as a "marigold". |
| Khmer | The word "បារាំង" (French) in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "पारसीक" (Persian), which referred to the Persians and later the Arabs. |
| Korean | In Korean, the word "프랑스 국민" can also mean a person who is well-dressed or elegant, similar to the English phrase "dressed to the nines". |
| Kurdish | While in some Kurdish dialects Fransî means 'French' as a language, in some dialects it means 'France' as a country |
| Kyrgyz | The word “Франсузча” (“French”) comes from the French phrase “français” which is the word for the French people. |
| Lao | คำว่า "ຝຣັ່ງ" ในภาษาลาว ยังหมายถึง คนต่างชาติ หรือ ฝรั่งเศสโบราณ |
| Latin | Gallica derives from Gaul, a Celtic-speaking part of Western Europe conquered by the Romans. |
| Latvian | The word "Franču" is derived from the Germanic "Frank". In Latvian, it can also refer to a type of bread. |
| Lithuanian | The word "Prancūzų kalba" is derived from the name of the Frankish people, who were a Germanic tribe that conquered Gaul in the 5th century AD. |
| Luxembourgish | Franséisch stammt vom althochdeutschen Wort «fランクh» ab (Franke, Freier) und steht in verwandschaftlicher Verbindung zur Bezeichnung der Franken als Volksname. |
| Macedonian | Француски in Macedonian can also refer to the French language and culture. |
| Malagasy | The word 'FRANTSAY' is derived from the French word for 'French', which is 'Français' |
| Malay | In Malay, 'Bahasa Perancis' literally means 'the language of France', as 'bahasa' means 'language' and 'Perancis' means 'France'. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഫ്രഞ്ച്" (French) in Malayalam also refers to a type of dance and a style of beard. |
| Maltese | This word can also refer to someone born in France, the French language, or the French nation, and is likely to have been coined during the Arab rule of Malta. |
| Maori | Wiwi can also refer to the edible fern root in Maori. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, "Франц" can also mean "potato". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term may have originated from the word “Paris”, which came from the term “Pali”. |
| Nepali | The word "फ्रेन्च" can also refer to the French language or culture. |
| Norwegian | Fransk, meaning 'French' in Norwegian, originates from the Proto-Germanic word 'Frankon', referring to the Franks, a Germanic tribe. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | A word derived from the word "Frans" from Tshivenda to describe someone who is French |
| Pashto | In the eastern branch of Pashto, “French |
| Polish | The word "Francuski" in Polish derives from the name of the Frankish tribe, who ruled over much of Europe in the early Middle Ages. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | O termo "francês" deriva do francês antigo "franceis", que por sua vez vem do latim "francus", significando "franco" ou "livre". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "limba franceza" derives from the Proto-Romance "*francia", meaning "Frankish" or "from Francia" (a region of northwestern Europe inhabited by the Germanic Franks). |
| Russian | The word "французский язык" (French) is derived from the old Russian word "фрязь", which referred to Western Europeans, particularly merchants from the Hanseatic League. |
| Samoan | The term 'Falani' likely originated from early interactions with French traders during the 1800s, where 'Français' was misheard or simplified. |
| Scots Gaelic | The term "Frangach" comes from the Old French "Franceis" and is also used to refer to Gaelic speakers who have adopted French customs. |
| Serbian | У српском језику израз "Француски" такође означава и одређену врсту шпила |
| Shona | The word "ChiFrench" has been used as a term of endearment or to denote stylishness. |
| Sindhi | The word "فرانسي" also means "belonging to France" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ප්රංශ is derived from the Sanskrit word 'परङ्गम्' (parangam), meaning 'foreign' or 'distant'. |
| Slovak | The word Francúzsky is derived from the name of an ancient Germanic tribe, the Franks, who invaded and settled in Gaul (present-day France) in the 5th century. |
| Slovenian | The word "Francosko" in Slovenian can mean both "French" and "from France". |
| Spanish | In Spain, «francés» also refers to the "francisco", a copper-plated Spanish two-cent coin minted under Charles III and Charles IV. |
| Swahili | In Swahili the word for 'French', 'Kifaransa', derives etymologically from the Farsi phrase 'Farangsah', meaning 'Frankish'. |
| Swedish | Franska also means 'open' or 'free' in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "Pranses" in Tagalog can also refer to a type of small, spicy fish, or as a slang term for a homosexual person. |
| Tajik | The word "Фаронсавӣ" in Tajik means "French", but its historical etymology may be related to the ancient kingdom of Francia, which was called "France" in English and French and "France" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word 'பிரஞ்சு' (French) in Tamil also refers to the 'Frankish' or 'Frankish people' (Franks) who were a Germanic people that conquered much of Western Europe in the 5th century. |
| Thai | ในภาษาไทย คำว่า "ฝรั่งเศส" ยังสามารถหมายถึงชาวตะวันตกโดยทั่วไป หรือชาวต่างชาติที่มีผิวขาว |
| Turkish | The word "Fransızca" can be traced back to the Arabic word "Faransawī" which means "Frankish" or "Western European". |
| Ukrainian | In botany, 'Французька' (French) can also refer to a variety of lilac with double purple petals. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word 'فرانسیسی' can also refer to the French language, French culture, or anything related to France. |
| Uzbek | The word 'Frantsuz' (French) in Uzbek is derived from the word 'Frank' (Frankish), referring to the Germanic tribes that eventually established the Kingdom of France. |
| Vietnamese | Người Pháp có nghĩa đen là "người Frank", ám chỉ một liên minh các bộ tộc German chinh phục Gaul vào thế kỷ thứ 5. |
| Welsh | The word "Ffrangeg" has additional meanings, including "foreign" or "unknown." |
| Xhosa | The word 'IsiFrentshi' is also used to refer to the French language, even though Xhosa has its own word, 'isiFulentshi', for that. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פראנצויזיש" (French) derives from the Old French word "franceis", meaning "Frankish", referring to the Franks, a Germanic people who ruled much of Europe during the Middle Ages. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, |
| Zulu | IsiFulentshi is derived from the French phrase 'il est fluent', meaning 'he is fluent'. Zulu uses the shortened version of this phrase to refer to the French language. |
| English | The word "French" can also refer to the language spoken in France, as opposed to the ethnic group. |