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franc CFA: CFA franc
franc belge: Belgian franc (the former currency of Belgium, now superseded by the euro)
franc comme l'or: always frank, sincere and honest, straight as a die, honest as the day is long
franc comme l'osier: always frank, sincere and honest, straight as a die, honest as the day is long
franc du collier: hard-working, diligent; bold, daring; bluntly sincere
franc français: French franc
franc suisse: Swiss franc
franc-alleu: allodium
franc-bord: freeboard
franc-comtois: of Franche-Comté
franc-comtois: the dialect spoken in Franche-Comté
franc-jeu: fair play
franc-maçon: Freemason
franc-maçonnerie: freemasonry
franc-maçonnique: Masonic
franc-parler: freedom of speech
franc-quartier: synonym of quartier
franc-tireur: a sniper, an irregular, an impromptu guerrilla; someone who works alone, outside of the rules
francfortois: of, from or relating to the city of Frankfurt, state of Hesse, Germany
franchement: frankly; sincerely; vigorously, without doubting oneself; really, downright, outright
franchir: to clear, to cross (a line), to pass (an obstacle etc.); to get over (a fence); to cover (a distance)
franchir le Rubicon: to cross the Rubicon
franchir le cap: to get over it; to move on
franchir le pas: to take the plunge; to go for it
franchisage: franchising
franchise: liberty, freedom; frankness, honesty; excess (UK), deductible (US); franchise
franchiser: to franchise
franchiseur: franchisor
franchissable: surmountable, passable
franchissement: the act of crossing (e.g. a road, a river); the act of clearing (e.g. an obstacle)
franchisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of franchir
franchouillard: typically, rustically French; excessively chauvinistic
franchouillardement: In a typically French manner (pejoratively)
francien: Francian (of or pertaining to Francia)
francien: Francian, Francien (of or pertaining to the Francian dialect); Francian (of or pertaining to Anatole France)
francien: Francian, Francien (dialect)
francilien: of Île-de-France (region of France)
francique: Frankish; Franconian
francique: Frankish; Franconian
francique ripuaire: Ripuarian
francisation: Frenchification, francization
franciscain: Franciscan
franciser: to Frenchify
francisque: a type of throwing axe; a decoration awarded by the Vichy regime
franciste: Francist
franciste: Francist
francitan: Francitan (French influenced by Occitan usage and accent)
francitude: Frenchness
francité: Frenchness (being French)
francium: francium
franco-marocain: of France and Morocco
franco-ontarien: Franco-Ontarian
franco-provençal: Franco-Provençal
franco-provençal: Franco-Provençal
francolin: francolin
franconien: Frankish (language)
franconien: of the Franks or their empire; Franconian, Frankish; of the Franconcian languages
francophile: Francophile
francophile: Francophile
francophilie: francophilia