# Frans
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Frans.

### Proper noun

Frans (plural Franses)
* A surname from Dutch.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Frans is the 37848th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Frans is most common among White (86.71%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frans”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 599.

### Anagrams

* snarf

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

Frans (attributive Franse, not comparable)
* French (of, from, or pertaining to France, the French people or the French language)

### Proper noun

Frans
* French (the language spoken by the French people)

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* Frands
* Frants

### Etymology

From German Franz.

### Proper noun

Frans
* a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /frɑns/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Frans
* Rhymes: -ɑns

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch fransch, from fransoys, from Old French françois, from Medieval Latin franciscus, from Late Latin Francus.

#### Adjective

Frans (not comparable)
* French

##### Alternative forms

* Fransch (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* Franse
* Fransman
* Franstalig
* verfransen

##### Related terms

* Française
* Frank
* Frankrijk
* fransoos

##### Descendants

* → Kwinti: frans
* → Sranan Tongo: Frans
** → Caribbean Javanese: Peras

#### Proper noun

Frans n
* French (language)

##### Alternative forms

* Fransch (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* Canadees-Frans
* Frans met haar op
* Middelfrans
* Nieuwfrans
* Oudfrans
* Quebecs Frans
* Standaardfrans
* steenkolenfrans

### Etymology 2

From French François and Latin Franciscus.

#### Proper noun

Frans m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

##### Related terms

* Frank

##### Descendants

* Javindo: Pang

## Faroese
### Etymology

Ultimately, from Latin Franciscus.

### Proper noun

Frans m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

* son of Frans: Fransson
* daughter of Frans: Fransdóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish Frans < Franciscus (“French”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfrɑns/, [ˈfrɑ̝ns̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑns
* Hyphenation: Frans

### Proper noun

Frans
* a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Frans (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Fransini
Fransini
accusative
nom.
Fransini
Fransini
gen.
Fransini
genitive
Fransini
Fransieni
partitive
Fransiani
Fransejani
inessive
Fransissani
Franseissani
elative
Fransistani
Franseistani
illative
Fransiini
Franseihini
adessive
Fransillani
Franseillani
ablative
Fransiltani
Franseiltani
allative
Fransilleni
Franseilleni
essive
Fransinani
Franseinani
translative
Fransikseni
Franseikseni
abessive
Fransittani
Franseittani
instructive
comitative
—Franseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Fransisi
Fransisi
accusative
nom.
Fransisi
Fransisi
gen.
Fransisi
genitive
Fransisi
Fransiesi
partitive
Fransiasi
Fransejasi
inessive
Fransissasi
Franseissasi
elative
Fransistasi
Franseistasi
illative
Fransiisi
Franseihisi
adessive
Fransillasi
Franseillasi
ablative
Fransiltasi
Franseiltasi
allative
Fransillesi
Franseillesi
essive
Fransinasi
Franseinasi
translative
Fransiksesi
Franseiksesi
abessive
Fransittasi
Franseittasi
instructive
comitative
—Franseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Fransimme
Fransimme
accusative
nom.
Fransimme
Fransimme
gen.
Fransimme
genitive
Fransimme
Fransiemme
partitive
Fransiamme
Fransejamme
inessive
Fransissamme
Franseissamme
elative
Fransistamme
Franseistamme
illative
Fransiimme
Franseihimme
adessive
Fransillamme
Franseillamme
ablative
Fransiltamme
Franseiltamme
allative
Fransillemme
Franseillemme
essive
Fransinamme
Franseinamme
translative
Fransiksemme
Franseiksemme
abessive
Fransittamme
Franseittamme
instructive
comitative
—Franseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Fransinne
Fransinne
accusative
nom.
Fransinne
Fransinne
gen.
Fransinne
genitive
Fransinne
Fransienne
partitive
Fransianne
Fransejanne
inessive
Fransissanne
Franseissanne
elative
Fransistanne
Franseistanne
illative
Fransiinne
Franseihinne
adessive
Fransillanne
Franseillanne
ablative
Fransiltanne
Franseiltanne
allative
Fransillenne
Franseillenne
essive
Fransinanne
Franseinanne
translative
Fransiksenne
Franseiksenne
abessive
Fransittanne
Franseittanne
instructive
comitative
—Franseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Fransinsa
Fransinsa
accusative
nom.
Fransinsa
Fransinsa
gen.
Fransinsa
genitive
Fransinsa
Fransiensa
partitive
Fransiaan Fransiansa
Fransejaan Fransejansa
inessive
Fransissaan Fransissansa
Franseissaan Franseissansa
elative
Fransistaan Fransistansa
Franseistaan Franseistansa
illative
Fransiinsa
Franseihinsa
adessive
Fransillaan Fransillansa
Franseillaan Franseillansa
ablative
Fransiltaan Fransiltansa
Franseiltaan Franseiltansa
allative
Fransilleen Fransillensa
Franseilleen Franseillensa
essive
Fransinaan Fransinansa
Franseinaan Franseinansa
translative
Fransikseen Fransiksensa
Franseikseen Franseiksensa
abessive
Fransittaan Fransittansa
Franseittaan Franseittansa
instructive
comitative
—Franseineen Franseinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Franssila

#### Related terms

* (religion) Franciscus
* (nickname) Ransu
* (surnames) Franssila, Frantsi, Rantsi, Ranttila
* (place name) Rantsila

#### Statistics

* Frans is the 256th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,857 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,248 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French France.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɣãs/

### Proper noun

Frans
* France (a country in Western Europe)

#### Related terms

* franse
* Franse

## Icelandic
### Proper noun

Frans m (proper noun, genitive singular Frans)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

#### Declension
## Norwegian
### Etymology

From German Franz.

### Proper noun

Frans
* a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German Franz.

### Proper noun

Frans c (genitive Frans)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Francis