franchise
French, noun
franchise is spelled F-R-A-N-C-H-I-S-E (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Franchise is a French feminine noun meaning “frankness, honesty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of franchiser. With an accent, franchisé is a different word: “past participle of franchiser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exemption, immunité, liberté”.
What does franchise mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineliberty, freedom
- 2
femininefrankness, honesty
- 3
feminineexcess (UK), deductible (US)
- 4
femininefranchise
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of franchiser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exemption, immunité, liberté. 2. Droit d’asile attaché à certains lieux. 3. Exemption fiscale accordée sur un territoire ou à un groupe. 4. Exemption des droits de poste accordée à certaines personnes, à certaines administrations.
adjective: 1. Donné ou pris par contrat en franchise.
noun: 1. Personne qui exerce une activité commerciale, artisanale ou industrielle en franchise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of franchise
- franchises plural
- franchisée feminine
- franchisés masculine plural
- franchisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to franchise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is franchise in French?
franchise appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).