A diminutive of the female given names Frances and Francine. / A diminutive of the male given name Francis.

Initialism of friend, relative, acquaintance or neighbor.

A surname from Dutch.

plural of FRAN

(slang) The city of San Francisco, California.

A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one not the first language of any of its speakers.

A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.

The former currency of France and its territories, now superseded by the euro. Symbol: FF

A constructed language created by C. George Boeree based on French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan using either Latin or Cyrillic alphabets with grammar based on that of Romance Creoles.

(historical) One French franc before January 1960, when it was devalued to 1/100 of its original value and replaced by the new franc, worth 100 old francs.