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french \'french\ vt often cap : to cut (snap beans) in thin lengthwise strips before cooking 1. French \'french\ \-m*n\ \-.wu.m-*n\ aj [ME, fr. OE frencisc, fr. Franca Frank] : of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its people, or their lang uage - French.man n 2. French n 1: a Romance language that developed out of the Vulgar Latin of Transalpine Gaul and became the literary and official language of France pl in constr 2: the French people