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As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible.
Mario Batali

Meaning of "the French" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE FRENCH

the French play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE FRENCH

the Fleet
the Flemish
the flicker
the flicks
the Flood
the flop
the flu
the Forbidden City
the force
the Forces
the former
the Forty-Five
the Forum
the Four Hundred
the Fourth of July
the franchise
the Free World
the French West Indies
the full monty
the Galaxy

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE FRENCH

Allen wrench
Anglo-French
bench
Canadian French
drench
entrench
French
hex key wrench
lug wrench
Middle French
monkey wrench
Norman French
Old French
Old North French
retrench
socket wrench
spanner wrench
Swiss-French
torque wrench
trench
wrench

Synonyms and antonyms of the French in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the French» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE FRENCH

Find out the translation of the French to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the French from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the French» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

法国
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los franceses
570 millions of speakers

English

the French
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्रेंच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفرنسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Французский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

os franceses
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফরাসি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les Français
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perancis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

das Französisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フランス語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프랑스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing Perancis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரஞ்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रेंच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fransızca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il francese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

francuski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

французький
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

francezii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η γαλλική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Franse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

den franska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

den franske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the French

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE FRENCH»

The term «the French» is very widely used and occupies the 9.818 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE FRENCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the French» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the French» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the French

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE FRENCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the French.
1
Sigrid Agren
I always watch the French news on the Internet while having my breakfast.
2
Michael Baden
That was after Napoleon died because there is still a controversy as to whether Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic. And the French say the British did it and the British say the French did it, but he died before the test for arsenic was available.
3
Mario Batali
As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each other. The Medici family had to bring their Tuscan cooks up there so they could make something edible.
4
Bryan Batt
As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday.
5
Ahmed Ben Bella
The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
6
Ahmed Ben Bella
The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all. We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France.
7
Roy Blunt
Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.
8
Carla Bruni
I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.
9
Wilfred Burchett
Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party.
10
Maurice Chevalier
The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE FRENCH»

Discover the use of the French in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the French and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, ...
Details the efforts of more than three hundred law enforcement officials--including NYPD detectives Eddie "Popeye" Egan and his partner Sonny Grosso--from all different levels of government to stop 112 pounds of heroine from hitting the ...
Robin Moore, 2003
2
Anna and the French Kiss
" - Cassandra Clare, author of The Mortal Instruments series “Anna and the French Kiss charms [readers] with its Parisian setting and très bien boy.” —MTV.com "Very sly. Very funny. Very romantic. You should date this book.
Stephanie Perkins, 2010
3
The Days of the French Revolution
This trade paperback edition has twenty-eight pages of black-and-white illustrations, and will be published in time for Bastille Day.
Christopher Hibbert, 2012
4
The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics ...
By considering the distinctiveness of the inter-war years as a discrete period of colonial change, this book addresses several larger issues, such as tracing the origins of decolonisation in the rise of colonial nationalism, and a re ...
Martin Thomas, 2005
5
The Republic of Letters: A Cultural History of the French ...
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Dena Goodman, 1996
6
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom ...
The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent.
Pamela Druckerman, 2012
7
Music and the French Revolution
The essays in this book, written by specialists in the period, deal with all these aspects of music in Revolutionary France, highlighting the composers and writers who played a major role in the changes that took place there.
Malcolm Boyd, 1992
8
A History of the French New Wave Cinema
A History of the French New Wave Cinema offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as well as detailed studies of the most important New Wave movies of the late 1950s and ...
Richard Neupert, 2007
9
Interpreting the French Revolution
In this book, François Furet analyses how an event like the French Revolution can be conceptualised, and identifies the radically new changes the Revolution produced as well as the continuity it provided, albeit under the appearance of ...
François Furet, 1981
10
The French
This is a brilliantly sustained, readable and amusing cultural analysis which unlocks the door to the French mind and the French spirit.
Theodore Zeldin, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE FRENCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the French is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Flight MH370 Found? Officials Investigating Plane Debris on …
The BEA, the French counterpart to the National Transportation Safety Board, said it was also studying the fragment, which was found by a crew cleaning the ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
2
French Open 2015: Djokovic finishes off Murray to make final
Paris (CNN) If Novak Djokovic is to win the French Open and complete his grand slam collection, he'll have to do it in unusual circumstances. «CNN, Jun 15»
3
French Open 2015: Rafael Nadal suffers rare defeat at hands of …
Indeed in the titanic battle between the hottest player in tennis -- Djokovic carried a winning streak of 26 matches into the quarterfinal -- and the French Open's ... «CNN, Jun 15»
4
French Open 2015: Federer beaten by Wawrinka; center-court scare …
Paris (CNN) Roger Federer had admitted pondering what it would be like to win the French Open this year. He also knew, ahead of his quarterfinal against good ... «CNN, Jun 15»
5
Venus Williams loses in first round of French Open, then skips press …
PARIS — For the second time in the last three years, Venus Williams failed to get past the first round at the French Open. The former world No. 1 then skipped ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
6
Why Andy Murray can upset Novak Djokovic and win the French Open
The end of Sunday night's final in Madrid had an almost anti-climactic feeling, as Rafael Nadal botched a pair of straightforward returns by inexplicably huge ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
7
French prosecutor: Co-pilot took doomed flight on deliberate dive
MONTABAUR, Germany — Almost 10 minutes before panicked screams echoed through the aisles as Flight 9525 plunged toward the French Alps, Andreas ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
8
Germanwings plane 4U 9525 crashes in French Alps - no survivors
A Germanwings plane carrying 150 people has crashed in the French Alps on its way from Barcelona to Duesseldorf. The Airbus A320 - flight 4U 9525 - went ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
9
For French Muslims, a Moment of Truth
PARIS — On Friday, after prayers at the Grand Mosque here, the faithful emerged holding banners saying, against the background of the French flag, “Touche ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
10
Charlie Hebdo and the Assault on French Identity
There is a big difference: While this attack came as a shock to the French because of the target and the high number of casualties, it did not come exactly as a ... «New York Times, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. The French [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-french>. Apr 2024 ».
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