franco

From Italian franco (“French”). Doublet of franc and frank.

franco (plural francos)

1. (historical) A former currency of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy, issued between 1805 and 1808.
2. The CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.

• franc

• lira

From Franco-.

franco (plural francos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Franco (“French person”).
   • 1977, Report on Confederation:

     The anglos have seen the whole of the country, and the continent, as hospitable, while the francos have over a long period come to view Quebec as their real homeland.

   • 1998, Dick Bird, Never the Same Again: A History of VSO, Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, →ISBN, page 193:

     Something similar had occurred in Canada, where first of all the sector is divided between anglos and francos; […]

   • 2011, Katharine Goodland, John O’Connor, A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance since 1991, volumes 3 (Canada and USA), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 153:

     “Language is always an issue in Quebec and here’s a play that both anglos and francos will have a language problem with,” Ackerman says.

From Italian porto franco.

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franco (not comparable)

1. with freightages paid by the sender

• → Caribbean Javanese: prangko
• → Indonesian: prangko (“postage stamp”), franko (“free”)
  • → Petjo: prangko, perangko

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrant͡so/

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• Rhymes: -ant͡so
• Syllabification: fran‧co

franco (accusative singular francon, plural francoj, accusative plural francojn)

1. a French person

   Hypernym: eŭropano

• francino (“Frenchwoman”)

• “franco”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “franco”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

From Late Latin francus (“Frankish”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

The adjectival forms, from Old French franc (“free”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaŋko/ [ˈfɾɑŋ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -aŋko
• Hyphenation: fran‧co

franco m (plural francos, feminine franca, feminine plural francas)

1. Frank
2. (archaic) Frenchman

   Synonym: francés

3. franc (former currency of France and other countries)
   • 1401, M. Lucas Alvarez; M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 276:

     uendo, segundo dito he, por doze francos d'ouro da moneda del rey de França

     I sell, as said, for twelve francs of gold, of the coinage of the king of France

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)

1. tax-free

   Synonym: exento

2. free, unobstructed

   Synonym: libre

3. sincere, true

   Synonym: sinxelo

4. (archaic) generous

   Synonym: xeneroso

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “franco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “franco”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “franco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “franco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Borrowed from French franc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfran.ko/

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• Rhymes: -anko
• Hyphenation: fràn‧co

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural franchi, feminine plural franche)

1. frank, candid
2. free (of duty)

   franchi tiratori ― snipers

3. Frankish

franco

1. frankly

franco m (plural franchi)

1. Frank (Frankish person)
2. franc (money)

• → Cimbrian: franko

• franco in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• franco in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• frànco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfraŋ.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfraŋ.ko]

francō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of francus

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese franco, from French franc.

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ku
• Homophone: Franco
• Hyphenation: fran‧co

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)

1. free, unimpeded
2. tax-free
3. frank (bluntly honest)
4. (historical) Frankish (referring to the Franks)

   Synonym: frâncico

franco m (plural francos)

1. franc (former currency of France and Belgium)
2. franc (any of several units of currency)
3. Frank (one of the Franks)

• “franco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “franco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “franco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “franco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “franco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Middle French franc, from Medieval Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko, from Proto-Germanic *frankô (literally “spear, javelin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾanko/ [ˈfɾãŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -anko
• Syllabification: fran‧co

franco m (plural francos)

1. franc (former currency of France and other countries)

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)

1. frank, candid, straightforward
2. generous, liberal, openhanded
3. free, unimpeded, unencumbered
4. exempt, free
5. Frankish

   Synonym: fráncico

• “franco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025