french
English
/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
- (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
- (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
- (cuisine) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English French inherited from Old English frencisc (Frankish, of the Franks, French).
Origin
Old English
frencisc
Gloss
Frankish, of the Franks, French