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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024franc /fræŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Currencythe basic monetary unit of Belgium, Burundi, Djibouti, France, Guinea, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Rwanda, and Switzerland.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024franc (frangk; Fr. frän),USA pronunciation n., pl. francs (frangks; Fr. frän).USA pronunciation - Currencyan aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, equal to 100 centimes. Abbr.: F., f., Fr, fr.
- Currencyany of the monetary units of various other nations and territories, as Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, equal to 100 centimes.
- Currencya former silver coin of France, first issued under Henry III.
- Currencya former monetary unit of Algeria, Guinea, and Morocco.
- Old French franc, so called because the coin was first inscribed with the name of the king as Medieval Latin Rēx Francōrum King of the Franks
- Middle English frank 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: franc /fræŋk; French: frɑ̃/ n - Also called: French franc the former standard monetary unit of France, most French dependencies, Andorra, and Monaco, divided into 100 centimes; replaced by the euro in 2002
- Also called: franc CFA, CFA franc, franc of the African financial community the standard monetary unit, comprising 100 centimes, of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo
- the standard monetary unit of Burundi (Burundi franc), Comoros (Comorian franc), Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre; Congolese franc), Djibouti (Djibouti franc), Guinea (Guinea franc), Madagascar (franc malgache), Rwanda (Rwanda franc), and French Polynesia and New Caledonia (French Pacific franc)
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