French

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: French

1	adj n	of or pertaining to France or the people of France the people of France
2	n	United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
3	v	cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: French

“French cooking”

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; Langue d'oil, Langue d'oil French
medieval provincial dialects of French spoken in central and northern France; Langue d'oc, Langue d'oc French
medieval provincial dialects of French formerly spoken in the south of France; Old French
the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century; Norman French, Norman-French, Old North French
the medieval Norman dialect of Old French; Anglo-French, Anglo-Norman
the French (Norman) language used in medieval England; Canadian French
the French language as spoken in Quebec, Canada; Walloon
a dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France; Occitan, Provencal
the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)

Type of:: Latinian language, Romance, Romance language
the group of languages derived from Latin

Example of:: carver, sculptor, sculpturer, statue maker
an artist who creates sculptures

“French the potatoes”

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