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french en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /fɹɛnt͡ʃ/ (UK, US)
  • [fɹ̠ɛn̠t͡ʃ] (UK, US)
  • frĕnch (UK, US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
  2. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
    • Tom frenched her full in the mouth. 1988, Wanda Coleman, A War of Eyes and other stories, page 151:
  3. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
    • We frenched by the wall. 2003, Susan Steinberg, The End of Free Love, page 81:
  4. To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frenches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
frenched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frenched Tense=Past lexicographic
frenching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

frenchise · frenched

Relateds

julienne · French

Synonyms

French kiss (to kiss while inserting tongue) · French (to kiss while inserting tongue)

Translations (5)

hi खाद्य पदार्थ के टुकड़े करना (prepare food by cutting it into strips) · fr émincer (prepare food by cutting it into strips) · fr manchonner ((cooking) stylishly expose bone) · fi suikaloida (prepare food by cutting it into strips) · mr अन्नपदार्थाचे कापे करणे (prepare food by cutting it into strips)