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French in its formal sense and used in its capitalized form, denotes:
- Something from or related to France. The French city of Paris has many fine restaurants.
- The French language. Many citizens of Luxembourg are able to speak French.
- The French people. See: List of French people.
- 3 times the outer diameter (measured in mm) of a tube (abbreviated "Fr"). Notice that this approximately equals the outer circumference of a tube, which is exactly its outer diameter times pi. One can therefore define the unit length Fr = mm/3 under the stipulation that it only be applied to diameters. French units are used primarily for catheters. In catheter specifications, outer diameter is often abbreviated "OD" and given in inches or mm.
- The French River (Ontario).
- A surname. E.g., Daniel Chester French, David French, John FrenchJohn French has been the name of two famous soldiers: Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres was the commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in World War One, during 1914-15. Corporal John Alexander French of the Australi, Samuel French Inc. , Victor French .
- French Creek, a creek in the town of French Creek, New YorkFrench Creek is a town located in Chautauqua County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 935. The town is named after the stream flowing through it. The Town of French Creek which was incorporated in 1829, lies in the south.
The uncapitalized (sometimes capitalized) word french has various connotations:
- To cut into strips for cooking in the French style (also known as: to julienne), e.g., frenched carrots. The term french friesBritish cuisine For other meanings of the word see CHIPS (disambiguation French fries (called french fries in the United States and Canada, chips in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Commonwealth [though not Canada]; frites (or pommes frites in France is a further simplification from this meaning applied specifically to potatoThe potato Solanum tuberosum is a perennial tuber of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, which is one of the most widely used vegetables in Europe and North and South America. There are thousands of varieties of potato in cultivation. The potato is unres.
- To remove fat and meat from the tips of a bone-in chop or roast, e.g., frenched rack of lambA lamb is a young sheep. When eaten as meat, lamb is taken from an animal between one month and one year old, with a carcass weight of between 5. 5 and 25 kg. The meat of an older sheep is known as mutton. Milk-fed lamb is from an unweaned lamb, typically.
The word also appears in many short phrases such as french doors, french horn, french toastFrench toast is popular as a breakfast main course in North America. It usually is served with maple syrup, though it can also be served with fruit syrup, whipped cream, powdered sugar, or nuts such as pecans. It is also popular in China, where it is call, french letter, french leave , french kiss, etc., coined to imply origination in or association with France, not necessarily accurately. Many of them are disrespectful. Some of them sometimes have the initial f capitalized.
There are similar expressions in France, but referring to England. "French cream" (a sweet milky sauce for desserts like cakes) is called in French "crème anglaise" (English cream). Some of these French expressions, such as "capote anglaise," "filer à l'anglaise," or "le vice anglais," are also disrespectful.
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