Frank

Etymology 1
From, partially from ; and partially from , and/or , from ; both maybe from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare, ultimately a derivative of. .

Noun

 * 1) One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

Translations

 * Albanian:, frâng
 * Arabic: إِفْرَنْجِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali: ফ্রাংক
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 法蘭克人
 * Danish: franker
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფრანკი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Φράγγος
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Franc
 * Japanese: フランク人
 * Korean: 프랑크인
 * Latin:
 * Marathi: फ्रँक
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: franker
 * Nynorsk: frankar
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: Ffranc

Etymology 2
The surname derives from the medieval tribal name. The given name is also a form of Francis, with formal given name status since the 19th century.

Translations

 * Arabic: فْرَنْك
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: Frank
 * Dutch:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: Franco
 * Georgian: ფრენკი, ფრანკი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Palani
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: フランク
 * Korean: ^프랭크, ^프랑크
 * Manx: Frank
 * Marathi: फ्रँक
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: Franco, Frank
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ฟรังค์


 * Cebuano: Prangkoy


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Galician: Franco
 * Marathi: फ्रँक
 * Yiddish: פֿראַנק

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English and German

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)    member of a Migration-Period Germanic tribe

Usage notes

 * son of Frank: Franksson
 * daughter of Frank: Franksdóttir

Usage notes

 * More often spelled Franck

Etymology
From, from. Used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) France

Usage notes

 * Always preceded by the definite article.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
From or, rarely,, in the 19th century.

Etymology
, from. .

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English or, rarely, from German