Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the Franks or their language.
  • noun The West Germanic language of the Franks.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating or pertaining to the Franks.
  • Of or pertaining to Europeans: said with reference to the Oriental use of Frank.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Like, or pertaining to, the Franks.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective referring to the Franks
  • proper noun the language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to the Franks

Etymologies

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From Frank +‎ -ish.

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Examples

  • So I concealed my case till this year, when I wrote to certain Frankish corsairs and sought news of my daughter from the Kings of the

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So they clad themselves in Frankish clothes and, when Kuzia Fakan saw them, she exclaimed, “By the truth of the Lord of Worship, did I not know you, I should take you to be indeed Franks!”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So they played, and he lost and went away, chattering in Frankish jargon and saying,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • [Footnote 93: I call the Frankish king by the name by which he is best known in history, though no doubt the more correct form is either

    Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872

  • He had three other daughters besides these—Theoderada, Hiltrud, and Ruodhaid—two by his third wife, Fastrada, a woman of East Frankish that is to say, of German origin, and the third by a concubine, whose name for the moment escapes me.

    The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

  • I recalled their Frankish forefathers, swarming down the Apennines, upon

    Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War George Alfred Townsend 1877

  • When I was researching the Strongbow Saga series, I several times turned to the Houston Public Library system to obtain copies of hard-to-find copies of translations of old texts, such as Frankish annals from the ninth century.

    Genre Chick Interview: Judson Roberts princessalethea 2006

  • Perhaps could the eye of Anastasius have pierced through the mists of seven future centuries, could he have foreseen the insults, the extortions, the cruelties which a Roman Emperor at Constantinople was to endure at the hands of "Frankish" invaders, [111] he would not have been so eager in his worship of the new sun which was rising over Gaul from out of the marshes of the Scheldt.

    Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872

  • He’s even included little touches that add to a sense of atmosphere, such as Frankish women collecting arrows from the dead bodies of the foes during a break in battle.

    09 « October « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

  • He’s even included little touches that add to a sense of atmosphere, such as Frankish women collecting arrows from the dead bodies of the foes during a break in battle.

    License request day: Vinland Saga 2009

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