Francien
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Francien
- /fɹɒ̃.sjã/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French francien.
proper noun
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The dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
There were about eleven dialects in Old French, but not all were of literary importance, and all were increasingly dominated from the end of the twelfth century by Francien, the language used by the royal court and the centralized administration in and around Paris.
Similar: Francian
adjective
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Of or relating to the dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
Grammars of Old French are without exception based on the Francien dialect.
Similar: Francian
Talk about this word "Francien." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/francien. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Francien. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/francien "Francien." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/francien.Cite this
@misc{francien_2026,
title = {Francien},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/francien},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
