framée, n.f., Frankish lance, javelin.
franc (fran), n.m., franc (French coin worth $0.193); (hort.) seedling. Au marc le —; at the rate of so much in the dollar.
franc, -he (fran, frānsh), adj., free, unconstrained, exempt from; frank, downright, open, sincere; entire, full; complete; true, real; mere; arrant; staunch, right; very; whole, clear; (paint.) bold. — de port; post-paid. Compagnie —he; free-company. Cœur —; open heart. Être — du collier; to draw freely (of horses); (fig.) to be eager, obliging, honest. Un — charlatan; a downright quack. Une —he coquette; an arrant jilt. Avoir son — parler avec; to speak one’s mind, to speak out; not to mince matters. — Taupins. V. taupins.
franc, adv., frankly, freely, plainly, openly, sincerely; clean, quite, completely, entirely.
fran-c, -que, n. and adj., Frank; Frankish.
français, -e, adj., French. La langue —e; the French tongue. À la —e; in the French fashion.
français, n.m., -e, n.f., Frenchman, Frenchwoman.
français, n.m., French. Entendre le —; to understand French. Parler —; to speak French; to call a spade a spade. En bon —; in plain terms; like a true Frenchman. Parler — comme une vache espagnole; to murder the French language. Les Français = le Théâtre Français.
franc-alleu, n.m., (—s-—s). V. alleu.
francatu, n.m., a kind of apple.