Frankish

F4R1A1N1K5I1S1H4
/ˈfɹæŋkɪʃ/

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Franks.

UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveFrankish (comparative more Frankish, superlative most Frankish)

comparative more Frankish · superlative most Frankish

  1. Of or pertaining to the Franks.

    The Frankish monk Smaragdus, who wrote at the beginning of the 9th century […]

    1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii
    1. In or of the language of the Franks.
proper noun
  1. The language of the Franks, an ancient West Germanic language, ancestral to Dutch.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

Origin

From Frank + -ish. Compare Middle English Frenkisch, Frenkis (“Frankish, French”), Old English Frencisc (“Frankish, French”). More at French. Doublet of French.

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Translations

Arabic إِفْرَنْجِيّ
  • إِفْرَنْجِيّ (ʔifranjiyy)of or pertaining to the Franks
Catalan franc, fràncic
  • francof or pertaining to the Franks
  • fràncicthe language of the Franks
Danish frankisk, frankisk
  • frankiskof or pertaining to the Franks
  • frankiskthe language of the Franks
Dutch Frankisch, Frankisch
  • Frankischof or pertaining to the Franks
  • Frankischthe language of the Franks
  • Oudfrankischthe language of the Franks
French francique, franconien
  • franciqueof or pertaining to the Franks
  • franconienof or pertaining to the Franks
  • francof or pertaining to the Franks
  • franciquethe language of the Franks
  • vieux-franciquethe language of the Franks
German altfränkisch, fränkisch
  • altfränkischin or of the language of the Franks
  • fränkischof or pertaining to the Franks
  • Fränkischthe language of the Franks
  • Altfränkischthe language of the Franks
Hungarian frank
  • frankof or pertaining to the Franks
Italian francico, franco
  • francicoin or of the language of the Franks
  • francoof or pertaining to the Franks
  • francicoof or pertaining to the Franks
  • franconethe language of the Franks
Norwegian Bokmål frankisk
  • frankiskof or pertaining to the Franks
Polish frankijski
  • frankijskiof or pertaining to the Franks
Portuguese franco, frâncico
  • francoof or pertaining to the Franks
  • frâncicoof or pertaining to the Franks
  • frâncicothe language of the Franks
Russian франкский, франкский
  • франкский (frankskij)of or pertaining to the Franks
  • франкский (frankskij)the language of the Franks
Spanish fráncico
  • fráncicothe language of the Franks
Swedish frankisk, frankisk
  • frankiskin or of the language of the Franks
  • frankiskof or pertaining to the Franks
  • frankiskathe language of the Franks
Welsh Ffrancaidd, Ffranceg
  • Ffrancaiddof or pertaining to the Franks
  • Ffrancegthe language of the Franks
Cite this entry
APA

Frankish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frankish

MLA

“Frankish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frankish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frankish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frankish.

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