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francez
Frenchman (a man from France) /franˈt͡ʃez/
noun#1466 most common
Also: French (adjective, e.g. French wine), franceză = the French language or a Frenchwoman
Example sentences
El este francez.
He is French.
Am un coleg francez la birou.
I have a French colleague at the office.
Prietena mea este franceză.
My girlfriend is French.
Francezii călătoresc mult vara aceasta.
The French travel a lot this summer.
Bucătăria franceză este renumită în toată lumea.
French cuisine is famous throughout the world.
Am discutat cu un grup de francezi despre reformele economice recente din Franța.
I talked with a group of Frenchmen about the recent economic reforms in France.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | francezul | francezii |
| Genitive | francezului | francezilor |
| Accusative | francezul | francezii |
| Vocative | francezule | francezilor |
Word family
FranțaFrance
francezăthe French language / a FrenchwomanfrancofonFrench-speaking, a francophone
francofoniethe French-speaking world
Etymology
Francez entered Romanian from French français, itself descended from Latin Franciscus/Francus, the name for a member of the Frankish people who gave their name to France. Romanian picked up the word during the nineteenth-century wave of French borrowings that reshaped much of its modern vocabulary. The ending was adapted to the native Romanian demonym suffix -ez, the same pattern seen in englez and chinez.
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