French

/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/ adjective C2

Of or relating to France. · the French border with Italy
Of or relating to the people or culture of France. · French customs
Of or relating to the French language. · French verbs
Of or related to oral sex, especially fellatio. (slang) · French active· French girl
Used to form names or references to venereal diseases. (informal) · French disease· French crown
Used to form names or references to an unconventional or fancy style. · French curve· French cut

Comparative Frencher · Superlative Frenchest

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Young Mary Joe, a buxom, broad-faced French girl from the creek, whom Mrs.

By her side I am Spanish, but the family of Morcerf is French, and, I have heard, one of the oldest of the south of France.”

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 437 · C1

“Jean Baptiste Greuze,” Holmes continued, joining his finger tips and leaning well back in his chair, “was a French artist who flourished between the years 1750 and 1800.

The Valley of Fear, p. 14 · C1

By the end of the term Anne and Gilbert were both promoted into the fifth class and allowed to begin studying the elements of “the branches”--by which Latin, geometry, French, and algebra were meant.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 131 · C1

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