How to say “french” in 34 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where franse is the 396th most used word.
- Afrikaans franse #396
- Armenian ֆրանսերեն in French #728
- Basque frantses #988
- Bengali ফরাসি #1,864
- Bosnian francuski in a French manner, as a Frenchman #1,917
- Bulgarian френски #1,873
- Croatian francuski in a French manner, as a Frenchman #2,037
- Danish fransk #2,010
- Dutch franse #2,037
- English monsieur Mister, especially in a French context #2,306
- Esperanto franca #1,319
- Estonian prantsuse #1,033
- French français #1,524
- Galician francés #860
- Hebrew צרפתי #2,218
- Hungarian francia #1,630
- Icelandic franska #2,159
- Indonesian prancis #2,157
- Italian francese #1,653
- Korean 불어 #1,486
- Lithuanian prancūziškai in French #2,329
- Macedonian француски #1,634
- Malay perancis #933
- Malayalam ഫ്രെഞ്ച് #1,775
- Norwegian fransk #1,857
- Portuguese francês #2,142
- Serbian francuski in a French manner, as a Frenchman #1,880
- Slovenian francosko #1,036
- Spanish francés #2,022
- Swedish franska French; a language spoken in e.g. France and… #1,896
- Tagalog pranses #515
- Tamil பிரஞ்சு French, of or pertaining to France #872
- Turkish fransız #1,272
- Urdu فرانسیسی #1,634
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.