# Frank
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: frăngk, IPA: /fɹæŋk/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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 maybe 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”). Doublet of franc, frank, and farang.

#### Noun

Frank (plural Franks)
* One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

##### Derived terms

* Frankish
* Frankland

##### Related terms

* ferenghi
* franc
* France
* French
* Frenchify
* franchise
* Francia
* francisation, francization
* francise, francize (in Quebec; Oxford dictionary: )

##### Translations
#### References

* ↑ “Frank”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2021.

### 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
* A male given name from the Germanic languages.
** c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:Mrs. Ford. How now, sweet Frank! why art thou melancholy?
* A diminutive of the male given name Francis.
** 1996, Frank McCourt, chapter VII, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins, →ISBN, 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.
* A surname transferred from the nickname.
* A place name:
** A community in Crowsnest Pass municipality, south-west Alberta, Canada.
** An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.
** A census-designated place in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

##### Translations
## Danish
### Proper noun

Frank
* a male given name borrowed from English and German

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /frɑŋk/
* Hyphenation: Frank
* Rhymes: -ɑŋk

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vranke, from Old Dutch franko, from Frankish *frankō.

#### Noun

Frank m (plural Franken)
* (historical, chiefly plural) Frank (member of a Migration-Period Germanic tribe)

##### Derived terms

* Frankisch
* Frankrijk

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Frank m
* a male given name from Dutch, Frank

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Frank m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

* son of Frank: Franksson
* daughter of Frank: Franksdóttir

#### Declension
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʁɑ̃k/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Frank m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Frank

#### Usage notes

* More often spelled Franck

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German Franke, from Old High German Franko (“a Frank”). Used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋk

### Proper noun

Frank m (proper noun, strong, genitive Franks or (with an article) Frank, plural Franks or Frank or Franke)
* a male given name, popular especially in the 1960s and 70s

### Proper noun

Frank m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Franks or (with an article) Frank, plural Franks or Frank)
* a surname

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fraŋ̊k/
* Rhymes: -aŋ̊k

### Proper noun

Frank m (proper noun, genitive singular Franks)
* 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)
* 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.

##### Related terms

* Frangagh
* Frangish

### Etymology 2

From Latin Francus (“Frank”).

#### Proper noun

Frank m
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Francis
    Coordinate term: Frangaid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Norwegian
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Frank
* 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.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Francus, from Frankish *Frank. Doublet of frank.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfraŋk/
* Rhymes: -aŋk
* Syllabification: Frank
* Homophone: frank

### Noun

Frank m pers
* (historical) Frank (one of the Franks)

#### Derived terms

* frankijski

#### Related terms

* frankoński
* frankowy
* frank
* Frankonia
* Frankonka
* Frankończyk

### Further reading

* Frank in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Frank in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese

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### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Frank.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɾɐ̃.ki/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɾɐ̃k/

### Proper noun

Frank m
* a male given name from English, equivalent to English Frank

#### Related terms

* Franco

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [frank]

### Proper noun

Frank m pers (female equivalent Franková)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Frank”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Frank c (genitive Franks)
* a male given name borrowed from English or, rarely, from German