frank

Etymology 1
From, from , in turn from the name of an early confederation, the , from  and/or. .

Adjective

 * 1) honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
 * 2)  unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident
 * 3)  Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.
 * 4)  Liberal; generous; profuse.
 * 5)  Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
 * 1)  Liberal; generous; profuse.
 * 2)  Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
 * 1)  Unrestrained; loose; licentious.
 * 1)  Unrestrained; loose; licentious.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: oprigtig, ligefrem
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: malkaŝa, malkaŝema
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, franca
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, גלוי-לב
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: oscailteach
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: atklāts
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: искрен
 * Maori: māhorahora, tinihangakore
 * Norman: franc
 * Norwegian: frank
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: искрен
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: úprimný
 * Slovene: odkrit,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: prangka
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: щи́рий, відве́ртий
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:

Noun

 * 1)  Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).
 * 2) * October 5, 1780,, letter to Rev. William Unwin
 * I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.
 * 1)  The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.

Verb



 * 1) To place a frank on an envelope.
 * 2) To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
 * 3) To send by public conveyance free of expense.
 * 4) * 1850-1859,, Household Words
 * This required extensive correspondence; so, in the next place, the privilege of franking letters in reference to the emigrants' registration office, was obtained—much to the indignation of red tapists.
 * This required extensive correspondence; so, in the next place, the privilege of franking letters in reference to the emigrants' registration office, was obtained—much to the indignation of red tapists.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: afranki
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori:, tāpane
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) A hot dog or sausage.

Noun

 * 1)  The grey heron.

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1) A pigsty.

Verb

 * 1) To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.

Etymology 5
From.

Noun

 * , former French coins, moneys of account, and currency.
 * 1) * 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630:
 * F, or F, an ancient coin, either of gold or ſilver, ſtruck and current in France. The value of the gold frank was ſomewhat more than that of the gold crown; the ſilver frank was a third of the gold one; this coin is long out of uſe, though the term is ſtill retained as the name of a money of account; in which ſenſe it is equivalent to the livre, or twenty ſols.

Noun

 * 1) franc former currency of France and some other countries
 * 2) franc any of several units of currency such as Swiss franc

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * , candid, blunt, open-hearted
 * 1)  cheeky, brazen

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) franc

Noun

 * 1) Frank

Etymology
From, from , of but eventually uncertain origin.

Adjective

 * 1)  frank

Usage notes

 * Now almost exclusively used in the (also somewhat dated) expression.

Noun

 * 1) frank (coin)

Etymology
, from, from , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  franc
 * 2) franc
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