frank

  • 101frank — [13] To call someone frank is to link them with the Germanic people who conquered Gaul around 500 AD, the Franks, who gave their name to modern France and the French. After the conquest, full political freedom was granted only to ethnic Franks or …

    Word origins

  • 102Frank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old English Franca; partly from Anglo French Franc, from Late Latin Francus, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German Franko Frank, Old English Franca Date: before 12th century a member of a West… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 103Frank T — Franklin Tshimini Nsombolay, más conocido por su nombre artístico Frank T, es un cantante y productor de Hip Hop, además de locutor de radio …

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  • 104frank — See candid. See candid, frank …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 105Frank — althochdeutscher Ursprung, Bedeutung: der Franke, Freie; englische Kurzform von Francis bzw. → Francesco (Bedeutung: kleiner Franzose/Franke). In Deutschland vor gut 200 Jahren aus England übernommen; im 21. Jahrhundert mit sinkender Beliebtheit …

    Deutsch namen

  • 106Frank — 1. Aus dem gleich lautenden deutschen Rufnamen (ahd. Franko »der Franke«) hervorgegangene Familiennamen. 2. Herkunftsnamen: »der aus Franken«. 3. Übernamen zu mhd. franc »frei«. Bekannte Namensträgerin: Anne Frank, Kind einer deutsch jüdischen… …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 107frank. — 1) frankophon EN Francophone, French speaking 2) frankophil EN Francophile 3) frankieren EN to frank …

    Abkürzungen und Akronyme in der deutschsprachigen Presse Gebrauchtwagen

  • 108Frank — fræŋk n. member of an ancient Germanic people who conquered Gaul and established France n. male first name (form of Francis or Franklin); family name; Anne Frank (1929 1945), young German Jewish girl who kept a diary while she and her family… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 109frank — a. Open, ingenuous, free, sincere, candid, artless, frank hearted, unreserved, without disguise …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 110Frank — I [[t]fræŋk[/t]] n. 1) peo a member of a confederation of Germanic peoples living on the right bank of the lower Rhine in the 3rd century a.d. and by the 6th century ruling most of what is now France, the Low Countries, and W Germany 2) peo an… …

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