Frank

See also: frank

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: frăngk, IPA(key): /fɹæŋk/
  • Rhymes: -æŋk
  • Homophones: frank, franc

Etymology 1

From Middle English Frank, partially from Old English Franca (“a Frank”); and partially from Old French Franc, and/or Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Cognate with Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English franca (“spear, javelin”). Compare Saxon, ultimately a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”).

Noun

Frank (plural Franks)

  1. One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

The surname derives from the medieval tribal name. The given name is also a form of Francis, with formal given name status since the 19th century.

Proper noun

Frank

  1. A male given name.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Francis
    • 1996 Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, →ISBN, Chapter VII, page 197:
      Your name is Francis, is it?
      Frank, sir.
      Your name is Francis. There was never a St. Frank. That's a name for gangsters and politicians.
  3. A surname​.
Translations

Danish

Proper noun

Frank

  1. A male given name borrowed from English and German.

Faroese

Proper noun

Frank m

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • son of Frank: Franksson
  • daughter of Frank: Franksdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Frank
Accusative Frank
Dative Franki
Genitive Franks

French

Proper noun

Frank m

  1. A male given name, cognate to English Frank.

Usage notes

German

Etymology

From Old High German Franko (“a Frank”).

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Proper noun

Frank

  1. A surname​.
  2. A male given name used in the Middle Ages and revived in the nineteenth century. Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fraŋ̊k/
  • Rhymes: -aŋ̊k

Proper noun

Frank m

  1. A male given name equivalent to English Frank.

Declension

Manx

Etymology 1

From Latin Francia, from Francus (“Frank”).

Proper noun

yn Rank f (genitive ny Frank)

  1. France
    • Haink eh noal ass yn Rank.
      • He came over from France.
    • Hooar eh baase 'sy Rank.
      • He got killed in France.
    • Ren ad troailt 'sy Rank as ayns yn Spaainey ny yei shen.
      • They travelled in France and then in Spain.
    • T'eh ceau yn geurey ayns jiass ny Frank.
      • He winters in the south of France.
Usage notes
  • Always preceded by the definite article.

Etymology 2

From Latin Francus (“Frank”).

Proper noun

Frank m

  1. A male given name, Manx equivalent to Francis.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Frank Rank Vrank
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norwegian

Etymology

From English or, rarely, English Frank, in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Frank

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 272 males with the given name Frank living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Frank.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾɐ̃k/, /ˈfɾɐ̃.ki/

Proper noun

Frank m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Frank

Swedish

Proper noun

Frank c (genitive Franks)

  1. A male given name borrowed from English or, rarely, from German.
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