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Francien en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɒ̃.sjã/

Etymology

Borrowed from French francien.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
    • Grammars of Old French are without exception based on the Francien dialect. 2000, Susan C. Herring, Pieter Th. van Reenen, Lene Schøsler, Textual Parameters in Older Languages, →ISBN, page 50:

Synonyms

Francian

Francien en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɒ̃.sjã/

Etymology

Borrowed from French francien.

Meanings

  1. The dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
    • Conversely, native Francien-speaking poets often displayed a degree of linguistic smugness and superiority. 2003, Adrian Battye, Marie-Anne Hintze, Paul Rowlett, The French Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction, →ISBN:
    • The scarcity of texts localizable to the Ile-de-France region would seem to pose a serious challenge to Francien's privileged status. 2000, Susan C. Herring, Pieter Th. van Reenen, Lene Schøsler, Textual Parameters in Older Languages, →ISBN, page 50:
    • There were about eleven dialects in Old French, but not all were of literary importance, and all were increasingly dominated from the end of the twelfth century by Francien, the language used by the royal court and the centralized administration in and around Paris. 1996, Timothy James McGee, A. G. Rigg, David N. Klausner, Singing Early Music, →ISBN, page 66:

Synonyms

Francian