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Franc

German, noun[frɑ̃ː]

Franc is a German masculine noun meaning “franc (currency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ehemalige Währungseinheit Frankreichs”.

What does Franc mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefranc (currency)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ehemalige Währungseinheit Frankreichs 2. ehemalige Währungseinheit Belgiens 3. ehemalige Währungseinheit Luxemburgs 4. Währungseinheit verschiedener Länder

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Franc

  • Francs plural
  • Frank variant
  • F abbreviation
  • FF abbreviation
  • FRF abbreviation
  • fr abbreviation
  • BEF abbreviation
  • Flux abbreviation
  • LUF abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Franc?

  • [frɑ̃ː]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Franc

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Franc in German?

Franc appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).