Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century
Similar
Old French languageLangue d'oilLangue d'oil French
Broader
FrenchFrench language
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans ou frans
- ou fransFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Basque antzinako frantses
- antzinako frantsesFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Catalan francès antic, francès medieval
- francès anticFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
- francès medievalFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
- francés anticFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Chinese Mandarin 古法語 /古法语
- 古法語 /古法语 (Gǔfǎyǔ)French language from 9th to the early 14th century
Danish oldfransk
- oldfranskFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Dutch Oudfrans
- OudfransFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Esperanto malnovfranca lingvo
- malnovfranca lingvoFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Finnish muinaisranska
- muinaisranskaFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
French ancien français, vieux français
- ancien françaisFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
- vieux françaisFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
German Altfranzösisch
- AltfranzösischFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Greek αρχαία γαλλική
- αρχαία γαλλική (archaía gallikí)French language from 9th to the early 14th century
Hindi पूर्व-फ्रांसीसी
- पूर्व-फ्रांसीसी (pūrv-frānsīsī)French language from 9th to the early 14th century
Hungarian ófrancia
- ófranciaFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Icelandic fornfranska
- fornfranskaFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Italian francese antico, antico francese
- francese anticoFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
- antico franceseFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Japanese 古フランス語
- 古フランス語 (kofuransugo)French language from 9th to the early 14th century
Norwegian Bokmål gammelfransk
- gammelfranskFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Persian فرانسوی قدیم
- فرانسوی قدیم (farânsavi-ye qadim)French language from 9th to the early 14th century
Polish starofrancuski
- starofrancuskiFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Portuguese francês antigo
- francês antigoFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Russian старофранцу́зский
- старофранцу́зский (starofrancúzskij)French language from 9th to the early 14th century
Spanish francés antiguo, francés medieval
- francés antiguoFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
- francés medievalFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
- lengua de oílFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Swedish fornfranska
- fornfranskaFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Welsh Hen Ffrangeg
- Hen FfrangegFrench language from 9th to the early 14th century
Cite this entry
APA
Old French. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20French
MLA
“Old French.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20French. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old French,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20French.
Source: Old French on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.