frank

frank

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɹæŋk/, /fɹeɪŋk/
  • Rhymes: -æŋk
  • 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)

  1. Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
  2. (medicine) Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
  3. (obsolete) Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
  4. (obsolete) Liberal; generous; profuse.
  5. (obsolete, derogatory) Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
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Translations

Noun

frank (plural franks)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable) 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)

  1. (transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.
  2. (transitive) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
  3. (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.
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See also

  • prepay

Etymology 2

Clipping of frankfurter.

Noun

frank (plural franks)

  1. A hot dog or sausage.
    Synonyms: frankfurt, frankfurter
Derived terms
See also
  • sav
  • savaloy

Etymology 3

Noun

frank (plural franks)

  1. (UK) The grey heron.

Etymology 4

From Old French franc.

Noun

frank (plural franks)

  1. A pigsty.

Verb

frank (third-person singular simple present franks, present participle franking, simple past and past participle franked)

  1. 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)

  1. (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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfraŋk]
  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Noun

frank m inan

  1. franc (former currency of France and some other countries)
  2. franc (any of several units of currency such as Swiss franc)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “frank”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “frank”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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)

  1. frank, candid, blunt, open-hearted
  2. (dated) cheeky, brazen

Declension

Derived terms

  • frank en vrij

Estonian

Etymology 1

German Franc.

Noun

frank (genitive frangi, partitive franki)

  1. franc
Declension

Etymology 2

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Noun

frank (genitive frangi, partitive franki)

  1. 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)

  1. (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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfrɒŋk]
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋk

Etymology 1

Adjective

frank (not comparable)

  1. Frankish (of or pertaining to the Franks)
  2. Frankish (in or of the language of the Franks)
  3. Franconian (of or relating to Franconia (a region in Bavaria) or its inhabitants)
    Synonym: frankföldi
  4. Franconian (of or related to their language)
  5. (rare, archaic) French (of or relating to France, their people, culture, or language)
    Synonym: francia
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Noun

frank (countable and uncountable, plural frankok)

  1. Frank (Frankish person)
  2. Frankish (Frankish language)
  3. Franconian (a native or inhabitant of Franconia)
    Synonym: frankföldi
  4. Franconian (their language)
  5. (archaic) French person (Frenchman/Frenchwoman) or their language
    Synonym: (both senses) francia
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Etymology 2

Noun

frank (plural frankok)

  1. franc (current Swiss and other national currency or former French, Belgian, or Luxembourgish currency)
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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)

  1. 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

  1. (historical) franc (former unit of currency of Belgium)
  2. franc (currency of the Comoros)
  3. (historical) franc (former unit of currency of France)
  4. franc (currency of Liechtenstein)
  5. (historical) franc (former unit of currency of Luxembourg)
  6. (historical) franc (former unit of currency of Monaco)
  7. franc (currency of Switzerland)

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Further reading

  • frank in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • frank in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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