Meanings
adjectiveFrenchy (comparative Frenchier, superlative Frenchiest)
comparative Frenchier · superlative Frenchiest · alternative Frenchie
- informalWith an exaggerated French manner.
nounFrenchy (plural Frenchies)
plural Frenchies · alternative Frenchie
- derogatoryethnicslangslursometimesA native or resident of France, or a francophone, or a person of French lineage.
They seek him here, they seek him there, / Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. / Is he in heaven—is he in hell? / That damned elusive Pimpernel?
1905 January 12, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], The Scarlet Pimpernel, popular edition, London: Greening & Co., published 20 March 1912, →OCLC
proper noun
alternative Frenchie
- A short form of various names: Francine, Franchelle, Francoise, etc., e.g. Franchelle "Frenchie" Davis.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA native or resident of France, or a francophone, or a person of French lineage.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*frankô
- Proto-West Germanic*Frankō
- Proto-West Germanic*Frankisk
- Old EnglishFrencisċ
- Middle EnglishFrensch
- EnglishFrench
- EnglishFrenchy
Translations
German Franzmann
- Franzmannderogatory term for a French native
Icelandic Fransmaður
- Fransmaðurderogatory term for a French native
Italian mangiarane
- mangiaranederogatory term for a French native
Spanish franchute, gabacho
- franchutederogatory term for a French native
- gabachoderogatory term for a French native
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Frenchy
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APA
Frenchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchy
MLA
“Frenchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frenchy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frenchy.
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