Other forms: frances
France is the country of Paris, the Eiffel Tower and several hundred cheeses. In France, the south of France, a train to France.
It is always capitalised. It is the largest country in the European Union by area and shares a border with eight others. The language is French, the people are the French, and a single person is a Frenchman or Frenchwoman. Note the many English phrases that borrow the name unkindly — French leave, French exit — and that the Channel Tunnel has connected it to England since 1994.
1nounfranceThe country of western Europe with Paris as its capital.
“France has about sixty-eight million people.”
france is a country.
Proto-Germanic
*frankô — javelin
Frankish
*Frankō — a Frank
Latin
Francia
Old French
France
Middle English
France
English
France
English, today
france
France comes from Middle English France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear (but Proto-Germanic -) origin. Believed to be most likely from Frankish Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic frankô (“javelin”). Compare Frank. Displaced native Francland (see modern Frankland).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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