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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

franc

/ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/

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What does franc mean?

noun

  1. Any of several units of currency.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋk/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈfɹɛ̃ŋk/
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Will you be knocked down for a franc, when the family come to apportion my poor spoils?
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
But C wishes to make a profit of one franc on every hat, while D is content with fifty centimes.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
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Once they each of them earned a franc by loading trucks with innumerable boxes of oranges that had been dumped down on the quay.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222
Now mind, you Peers—haughty affability combined with a sense of what is due to your exalted ranks, or I'll fine you half a franc each—upon my soul I will!
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
France will keep the privilege of monetary emission in its overseas territories under the terms established by its national laws, and will be solely entitled to determine the parity of the CFP franc.
European UnionThe Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992Project Gutenberg ebook #686