Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

franglais

/ˌfɹɑŋˈɡleɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: fran-glais
IPA: /ˌfɹɑŋˈɡleɪ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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French terms or expressions recently borrowed from the English language.

Derogatory

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The poor French spoken by anglophones.

Derogatory

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Colloquial speech that is a mix of English and French terms, conjugation, and grammar.

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Alternative letter-case form of Franglais.

Example Sentences

"The play presents a kind of war of different languages: office jargon; franglais marketing jargon; old-fashioned academic language; new media slang; jazzmen’s roughtalk; salesmen’s smoothtalk; high-finance talk, etc."

Etymology

From French franglais, blend of français (“French”) + anglais (“English”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: franglais

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌfɹɑŋˈɡleɪ/
British English: /ˈfɹɒŋɡleɪ/

Usage

Derogatory

Derived Forms

Camfranglais

Frequently Paired Words

Globish Newspeak

Synonyms

Frenglish

Questions

How do you pronounce franglais?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɹɑŋˈɡleɪ/.
What does franglais mean?: French terms or expressions recently borrowed from the English language.
Where does franglais come from?: It is traced to French.

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