Meanings
- pluralplural onlyFrench Canadians, collectively.
1 more example
The Design on Lequesne, supposing all to have been honest that produced it, could have taken it's Rise from nothing but want of Knowledge in common Geography: No Eye that follows the Course in the Map, which is always taken by the Canadian French from Quebec to Fort Lequesne, but must be necessarily convinced that the taking Niagara would have answered all the Purposes of possessing that and Lequesne.
1755, John Shebbeare, A Letter to the People of England: On the Present Situation and Conduct of National Affairs, volume 1, page 42
comparative more Canadian French · superlative most Canadian French
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe French language as spoken by Francophones in Canada.
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nounthe French language as spoken in Quebec, Canada
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Cite this entry
Canadian French. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Canadian%20French
“Canadian French.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Canadian%20French. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Canadian French,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Canadian%20French.
Source: Canadian French on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.