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Frankish

/ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/

Frankish adjective: of or pertaining to the Franks.

Adjective

Frankish (comparative more Frankish, superlative most Frankish)

  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
    1. In or of the language of the Franks.
  2. French.

Proper noun

Frankish

  1. The language of the Franks, an ancient West Germanic language, ancestral to Dutch.
  2. French.

Frankish meaning in Marathi, Sanskrit and Arabic

Frankish in Marathi

of or pertaining to the Franks
फ्रँकिश phrĕṅkiś
in or of the language of the Franks
फ्रँकिश phrĕṅkiś
the language of the Franks
फ्रँकिश phrĕṅkiś

Frankish in Sanskrit

Frankish, European
फिरङ्गिन् phiraṅgin

Frankish in Arabic

of or pertaining to the Franks
إِفْرَنْجِيّ ʔifranjiyy

Synonyms of Frankish

All synonyms of Frankish

Forms of Frankish

comparativemore Frankish
superlativemost Frankish

Origin of Frankish

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

Phrases with Frankish

Questions about Frankish

What does Frankish mean?
Frankish means of or pertaining to the Franks.
What is Frankish in Marathi?
Frankish in Marathi is फ्रँकिश (phrĕṅkiś). See Frankish meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Frankish?
Frankish can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Frankish?
Frankish is pronounced /ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/.

Words near Frankish in the dictionary

  1. frankincenses
  2. franking
  3. franking machine
  4. franking machines
  5. frankings
  6. Frankish
  7. Frankism
  8. Frankist
  9. Frankists
  10. Frankl
  11. Frankland

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Frankish (page history and authors); फिरङ्गिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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