HOW TO PRONOUNCE
francois
/fɹɑnˈswɑ/
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What does francois mean?
proper noun
- Alternative spelling of François.
- A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/fɹɑnˈswɑ/
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In Francois le Champi there is much that is graceful, and there is real feeling mingled with a touch of sentimentality.
D'Aguerre appeared in the field attended by Francois de Vendome, Count de Chartres, while Fendille was accompanied by the Duke de Nevers.
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The recent success of Francois Coppee's play "Pour la Couronne" is well known, and yet, in spite of the name of its author, it was refused during ten years by the managers of the principal Parisian theatres.
Myself passing by Vitry le Francois, saw a man the Bishop of Soissons had, in confirmation, called Germain, whom all the inhabitants of the place had known to be a girl till two-and-twenty years of age, called Mary.
No sooner had our navigators gotten off Cape Francois, then they observed the coast to the southward, to be much indented by projecting points and bays; from which circumstance they were sure of finding a good harbour.