French
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of France or its inhabitants, language, or culture.
Frenchness
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a word derived from
French.
Example Sentences
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Totems of Frenchness fill the modern interior, where the liqueurs are on display and the French press coffee is ready.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2023
Referring to another message describing two of the film-makers as "weak and stupid", she said: "It's my Frenchness coming out sometimes."
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2023
“It’s my Frenchness coming out sometimes,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
It published a spoof on Twitter suggesting that it had renamed itself “the Embassy of Frenchness in the United States.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Montreal with its swelling hill, its mighty river, its winter snow, its Frenchness, its opposing self-defensive, therefore self-assertive, Britishness, was very remote.
From Second String by Anthony Hope
