frank

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American without æ-raising) IPA(key): /fɹæŋk/, [ˈfɹʷæŋk] (Standard Southern British, Northern England) IPA(key): /fɹaŋk/ (Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /fɾaŋk/ (US, Canada, æ-raising) IPA(key): /fɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈfɹʷɛ̃ŋk] (General Australian) IPA(key): /fɹæːŋk/, [ˈfɹʷæːŋk], (æ-raising) [ˈfɹʷeːŋk] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɹɛŋk/ Rhymes: -æŋk Hyphenation: frank Homophones: franc, Frank === Etymology 1 === From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang. ==== Adjective ==== frank (comparative franker, superlative frankest) Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised. Synonyms: unreserved, undisguised (medicine) Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident. (obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. (obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse. (obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== frank (plural franks) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). October 5, 1780, William Cowper, letter to Rev. William Unwin I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again. The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found. ==== Verb ==== frank (third-person singular simple present franks, present participle franking, simple past and past participle franked) (transitive) To place a frank on an envelope. (transitive) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc. (transitive) To send by public conveyance free of expense. 1850-1859, Charles Dickens, Household Words This required extensive correspondence; so, in the next place, the privilege of franking letters in reference to the emigrants' registration office, was obtained—much to the indignation of red tapists. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== prepay === Etymology 2 === Clipping of frankfurter. ==== Noun ==== frank (plural franks) A hot dog or sausage. Synonyms: frankfurt, frankfurter ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== sav savaloy === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== frank (plural franks) (UK) The grey heron. === Etymology 4 === From Old French franc. ==== Noun ==== frank (plural franks) A pigsty. ==== Verb ==== frank (third-person singular simple present franks, present participle franking, simple past and past participle franked) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. === Etymology 5 === From French franc. ==== Noun ==== frank (plural franks) (historical) Obsolete form of franc, former French coins, moneys of account, and currency. 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630: Frank, or Franc, an ancient coin, either of gold or ſilver, ſtruck and current in France. The value of the gold frank was ſomewhat more than that of the gold crown; the ſilver frank was a third of the gold one; this coin is long out of uſe, though the term is ſtill retained as the name of a money of account; in which ſenſe it is equivalent to the livre, or twenty ſols. == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from French franc. First attested in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfraŋk] Hyphenation: frank Rhymes: -aŋk === Noun === frank m inan franc (any of several units of currency such as Swiss franc) franc (former currency of France and some other countries) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “frank”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “frank”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “frank”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Alternative forms === vrank (archaic, except in the expression vrank en vrij) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch vranc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /frɑŋk/ Hyphenation: frank Rhymes: -ɑŋk Homophone: Frank === Adjective === frank (comparative franker, superlative frankst) frank, candid, blunt, open-hearted (dated) cheeky, brazen ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== frank en vrij == Estonian == === Etymology 1 === German Franc. ==== Noun ==== frank (genitive frangi, partitive franki) franc ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== frank (genitive frangi, partitive franki) Frank (Frankish person) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === frank in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German franc, from Old French franc (“free”), of Germanic but eventually uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁaŋk/ === Adjective === frank (strong nominative masculine singular franker, not comparable) (archaic) frank ==== Usage notes ==== Now almost exclusively used in the (also somewhat dated) expression frank und frei. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “frank” in Duden online “frank”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfrɒŋk] Rhymes: -ɒŋk === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== frank (not comparable) Frankish (of or pertaining to the Franks) Frankish (in or of the language of the Franks) Franconian (of or relating to Franconia (a region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants) Synonym: frankföldi Franconian (of or related to their language) (rare, archaic) French (of or relating to France, their people, culture, or language) Synonym: francia ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== frank (countable and uncountable, plural frankok) Frank (Frankish person) Frankish (Frankish language) Franconian (a native or inhabitant of Franconia) Synonym: frankföldi Franconian (their language) (archaic) French person (Frenchman/Frenchwoman) or their language Synonym: (both senses) francia ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== frank (plural frankok) franc (current Swiss and other national currency or former French, Belgian, or Luxembourgish currency) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === (people or language): frank in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (currency): frank in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Indonesian == === Noun === frank (plural frank-frank) frank (coin) == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French franc, from Middle French franc, from Medieval Latin Franc, from Frankish *frankō (“a Frank”). Doublet of Frank. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfraŋk/ Rhymes: -aŋk Syllabification: frank Homophone: Frank === Noun === frank m animal (historical) franc (former unit of currency of Belgium) franc (currency of the Comoros) (historical) franc (former unit of currency of France) franc (currency of Liechtenstein) (historical) franc (former unit of currency of Luxembourg) (historical) franc (former unit of currency of Monaco) franc (currency of Switzerland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “frank”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “frank”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish)