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french.

To prepare food by cutting it into strips.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/UK, US[fɹ̠ɛn̠t͡ʃ]UK, US
  1. To prepare food by cutting it into strips.

    transitive
  2. To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.

    transitive
  3. To kiss in this manner.

    intransitive
  4. To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Where this word comes from

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English Frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

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