French
11French — French1 [french] n. [ME Frensh < OE Frencisc < Franca, a FRANK2] 1. the Romance language spoken chiefly in France, French Canada, and certain parts of Belgium, Switzerland, and Africa 2. [often f ] Brit. dry vermouth adj. of France or its… …
12French|i|fy — «FREHN chuh fy», verb, fied, fy|ing. –v.t. to make French or like the French: »The Russian court…for all its Frenchified airs, was a bear pit of intrigue and malevolence (Time). –v.i. to become French, as in ideas, style, or manners …
13French 75 — or French 75 can be used to refer to: * The Canon de 75 modèle 1897, an innovative design that introduced, for the first time in field artillery history, a hydro pneumatic recoil mechanism keeping the gun stable during firing and thus permitting… …
14FRENCH (J.) — FRENCH JOHN (1852 1925) 1er comte d’Ypres Né à Ripple dans le Kent, John French sert d’abord dans la marine et passe dans l’armée de terre en 1874. Il prend part à la campagne du Soudan de 1884 1885, sert un temps en Inde avant de passer au… …
15French — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to France or its people or language. ► NOUN ▪ the language of France, also used in parts of Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada, in certain countries in Africa and the Caribbean, and elsewhere. ● excuse (or pardon) my French… …
16French-Ca|na´di|an — French Canadian, 1. a Canadian whose ancestors came from France. 2. the variety of French spoken in Canada; Canuck. 3. any one of a breed of dairy cattle, similar to Jerseys. –French Ca|na´di|an, adjective …
17French|y — «FREHN chee», adjective, noun, plural French|ies. Informal. –adj. characteristic or suggestive of the French: »a Frenchy tune, a theatrical and Frenchy hat. –n. a Frenchman …
18French — French, prop. n. 1. The language spoken in France. [1913 Webster] 2. Collectively, the people of France. [1913 Webster] …
19French — (spr. frensch), Sir John Denton Pinkstone, engl. General, geb. 28. Sept. 1852 zu Ripple Vale in Kent, 1866–67 Seekadett, trat 1874 in das Heer ein, nahm 1884/85 am Sudânfeldzug teil, befehligte 1889–93 das 19. Husarenregiment, war 1893–97… …
20French — [frentʃ], Marilyn, Pseudonym Mara Solwọska, amerikanische Schriftstellerin, * New York 21. 11. 1929; zeichnet in ihren erfolgreichen Romanen die Geschichte der Frauenemanzipation im Nachkriegsamerika nach. So schildert »The women s room«… …
