English

Proper noun

François

1. commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Franciscus.

Proper noun

François m

1. A male given name, equivalent to Francis in English.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Related terms

• Francis, Franck, Jean-François
• Françoise

See also

• français

Anagrams

• fronçais

Middle French

Alternative forms

• françois

Adjective

François m ‎(feminine singular Françoise, masculine plural François, feminine plural Françoises)

1. French (of, relating to or from France)

Noun

François m (plural François, feminine singular Françoise, feminine plural Françoises)

1. Frenchman
2. (in the singular) French language

Descendants

• French: français

Old French

Alternative forms

• Françoys

Noun

François m ‎(feminine Françoise)

1. Frenchman
   • circa 1200, Philippe de Nanteuil (from 'Anthologie de la poésie lyrique des XII^e et XIII^e siècles'), En chantant veil mon duel faire, ISBN 2-07-032462-1, page 188:

     Ha! Count of Bar, such a suffering
     Will the French inherit from you.

Descendants

• French: Français

Old French

Alternative forms

• franceis
• françoys
• fraunceis

Adjective

françois m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular françoise)

1. French

Noun

françois m ‎(nominative singular françois)

1. the (Old) French language
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci commence le miracle de Théophile:

     S'en sui plus dolenz, Salatin,
     Quar en françois ne en latin
     Ne finai onques de proier

     I am very sad about it, Satan
     For neither in French nor in Latin
     Have I stopped praying for you

Descendants

• Middle French: françois, françoys
  • French: français

See also

• romanz