# franco
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

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

##### Related terms

* franc

#### See also

* lira

### Etymology 2

From Franco-.

#### Noun

franco (plural francos)
* 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.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Italian porto franco.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

franco (not comparable)
* with freightages paid by the sender

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: prangko
* → Indonesian: prangko (“postage stamp”)
** → Petjo: prangko, perangko

### References

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

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfrant͡so]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant͡so
* Hyphenation: fran‧co

### Noun

franco (accusative singular francon, plural francoj, accusative plural francojn)
* a French person
    Hypernym: eŭropano

#### Derived terms

* francino (“Frenchwoman”)

#### Related terms

* franca (“French”)
* france (“in French”)
* Francio (“France”)

## Galician
### Etymology

From Late Latin francus (“Frankish”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).
The adjectival forms, from Old French franc (“free”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾaŋko/ [ˈfɾɑŋ.kʊ]
* Rhymes: -aŋko
* Hyphenation: fran‧co

### Noun

franco m (plural francos, feminine franca, feminine plural francas)
* Frank
* (archaic) Frenchman
    Synonym: francés
* 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

#### Derived terms

* francés
* Francia
* Franco
* Francos

#### Related terms

* francada
* Francoi
* Francuín
* Franzomil

### Adjective

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)
* tax-free
    Synonym: exento
* free, unobstructed
    Synonym: libre
* sincere, true
    Synonym: sinxelo
* (archaic) generous
    Synonym: xeneroso

#### Derived terms

* francamente
* franquear
* franqueo
* franquía

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “franco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “franco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French franc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfran.ko/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anko
* Hyphenation: fràn‧co

### Adjective

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural franchi, feminine plural franche)
* frank, candid
* free (of duty)
    franchi tiratori ― snipers
* Frankish

#### Derived terms

* francamente
* franchezza
* sfranchire

### Adverb

franco
* frankly

### Noun

franco m (plural franchi)
* Frank (Frankish person)
* franc (money)

#### Descendants

* → Cimbrian: franko

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfran.koː/, [ˈfräŋkoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfran.ko/, [ˈfräŋko]

### Adjective

francō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of francus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾɐ̃.ku/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃ku
* Homophone: Franco
* Hyphenation: fran‧co

### Adjective

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)
* free, unimpeded
* tax-free
* frank (bluntly honest)
* (historical) Frankish (referring to the Franks)
    Synonym: frâncico

### Noun

franco m (plural francos)
* franc (former currency of France and Belgium)
* franc (any of several units of currency)
* Frank (one of the Franks)

### Further reading

* “franco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “franco” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “franco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “franco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “franco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɾanko/ [ˈfɾãŋ.ko]
* Rhymes: -anko
* Syllabification: fran‧co

### Noun

franco m (plural francos)
* franc (former currency of France and other countries)

#### Derived terms

* franco cefa
* franco CFA

### Adjective

franco (feminine franca, masculine plural francos, feminine plural francas)
* frank, candid, straightforward
* generous, liberal, openhanded
* free, unimpeded, unencumbered
* exempt, free
* Frankish
    Synonym: fráncico

#### Derived terms

* ballena franca
* bola franca
* francamente
* franco bordo
* franco de servicio
* lengua franca
* piso franco
* zona franca

#### Related terms

* francoguayanés
* franqueza

#### See also

* honesto

### Further reading

* “franco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10