Frankish

adj — 3 senses

Frankish

adj

/ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/

Etymology From Frank + -ish. Compare Middle English Frenkisch, Frenkis (“Frankish, French”), Old English Frencisc (“Frankish, French”). More at French. Doublet of French.

1

Of or pertaining to the Franks.

  • The Frankish monk Smaragdus, who wrote at the beginning of the 9th century […]1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:
2

In or of the language of the Franks.

3

French.

Synonyms
Francic, Franconian, Gallic, Frankian, Francian

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