English Explanatory Dictionary

frank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
  2. Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident.
  3. Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
  4. Liberal; generous; profuse.
  5. Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
noun
  1. Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
  2. The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
verb
  1. To place a frank on an envelope.
  2. To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
  3. To send by public conveyance free of expense.
noun
  1. A hot dog or sausage.
noun
  1. The grey heron.
noun
  1. A pigsty.
verb
  1. To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of franc, former French coins, moneys of account, and currency.
noun
  1. One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
  2. Frenchman.
name
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Francis.
  3. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  4. A place name:
  5. A community in Crowsnest Pass municipality, south-west Alberta, Canada.
  6. An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.
  7. A census-designated place in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹæŋk/ [ˈfɹʷæŋk] /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] /ˈfɹɛ̃ŋk/ [ˈfɹʷɛ̃ŋk] en-us-frank.ogg En-us-Frank.oga

Word forms

frank franker frankest franks franking franked

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

unreserved undisguised frankfurt frankfurter

Related words

prepay sav savaloy ferenghi franc France French Frenchify franchise Francia francisation francization francise francize

Derived words

frank bank frank-fee frankly frank-marriage frankness frankpledge franksome to be frank unfrank overfrank frankable prefranked unfranked ballpark frank cocktail frank Frankish Frankland Kingdom of the East Franks Frank-Tamm formula Frank-ter Haar syndrome

Translations

Arabic: فْرَنْك Armenian: ֆրանկ Bulgarian: Франк Chinese Mandarin: 弗蘭克 /弗兰克 Danish: Frank Dutch: Frank French: Franck French: Frank French: François Galician: Franco Georgian: ფრენკი Georgian: ფრანკი German: Frank Greek: Φρανκ Hawaiian: Palani Hebrew: פְרַנְק Icelandic: Frank Italian: Franco Japanese: フランク Korean: 프랭크 Korean: 프랑크 Manx: Frank Marathi: फ्रँक Norwegian: Frank Persian: فرانک Portuguese: Franco Portuguese: Frank Russian: Франк Russian: Фрэнк Spanish: Franco Swedish: Frank Thai: ฟรังค์
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