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# french

adjective (French); noun (French = the language; the French = the people of France)

«french» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. French is the language of France; it is also spoken in Canada (Quebec), Belgium, Switzerland and many countries in Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#m1)
2. French means from France: French bread, a French town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#m2)
3. The French are the people of France. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#m3)

### In the lessons

a school subject or language group; pupils counted; in geography: France is in Europe and its capital is Paris; in Canada French is one of the two official languages; in everyday life: French fries, French toast, French bread; phrases: «speak French», «French lesson», «French kiss»

### Examples

- 14 pupils learn French. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x1)
- She read 3 French books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x2)
- The French lesson is 45 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x3)
- How many pupils learn French or German? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x4)
- «Bonjour» means hello in French. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x5)
- Many people in Quebec speak French. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x6)
- We had French toast for breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x7)
- Paris is the capital of France, where people speak French. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x8)

### Note

Groups may overlap with other languages: «French or German» = French + German − both. Always a capital F: French. «French fries» (US) are «chips» in the UK.

## In Jewish tradition

a school subject or language group; pupils counted; in geography: France is in Europe and its capital is Paris; in Canada French is one of the two official languages; in everyday life: French fries, French toast, French bread; phrases: «speak French», «French lesson», «French kiss»

### Examples

- The opinions of Hebrew Kabalistic Rabbis and of two French mystics may be fitly introduced here. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x9)
- In the volume entitled "La Kabbale" by the eminent French scholar and Membre de L'Institut, Adolphe Franck, there is a chapter on the "Sepher Yetzirah.' He writes as follows: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x10)
- Eliphas Lévi, the famous French Occultist, thus wrote of the "Sepher Yetzirah," in his "Histoire de la Magie," P. 54: "The Zoharis a Genesis of illumination, the Sepher Jezirah is a ladder formed of truths. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/#x11)

### Note

Groups may overlap with other languages: «French or German» = French + German − both. Always a capital F: French. «French fries» (US) are «chips» in the UK.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «french»](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/french/): every meaning and example of this page parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«french» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/french.html) on Mova free.