Meanings
proper noun
- A dialect of Old French spoken in medieval Normandy, and in England following the Norman Conquest.
Some of us can preach, in English-Saxon, in Norman French, and even in Monk-Latin; others cannot in any language or jargon, being stupid.
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk), page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe medieval Norman dialect of Old French
Similar
Norman-FrenchOld North French
Broader
FrenchFrench language
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
Norman French. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norman%20French
MLA
“Norman French.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norman%20French. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Norman French,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norman%20French.
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