Française

Française noun: a Frenchwoman.

Noun

Française (plural Françaises)

(rare) A Frenchwoman.
- So many of the Françaises marry you Americans that in twenty years—pouf!—their children will overrun France and it will be France no longer.1925, The American Legion Weekly, volume 7, page 19
- As Craig said, having looked over the françaises^([sic]) he could understand why the frogs didn’t want the Germans to get Paris.1938, James Laughlin IV, The River (New Directions Pamphlets; 3), New Directions

The Françaises were considerably younger than the westerners; 90% rather than 77% of them were under the age of thirty.1997, Leslie Choquette, “The Age of Adventure in an Age of Expansion”, in Frenchmen into Peasants: Modernity and Tradition in the Peopling...
Diana Dunningham-Chapotin is a New Zealander by birth, an American by adoption, and a Française by residence (as she likes to be near her husband).2001, The Quest, volume 89/90, Theosophical Society in America, page 17:
The French love of scent continues, with most Françaises regularly using it.2022, Aloïs Guinut, “Inside Parisian Style”, in The Little Book of Paris Style, Welbeck, →ISBN, page 23:

plural	Françaises

Borrowed from French Française.

What does Française mean?: Française means a Frenchwoman.
How do you use Française in a sentence?: The Françaises were considerably younger than the westerners; 90% rather than 77% of them were under the age of thirty.
What part of speech is Française?: Française is a noun.
What is the plural of Française?: The plural of Française is Françaises.

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