ALL meanings of france
France
F f - noun france country 1
- noun france Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921. 1
- noun france a republic in W Europe. 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Capital: Paris. 1
- noun france Heraldry. fleurs-de-lis or upon azure: a bordure of France. 1
- noun france a republic in W Europe, between the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic: the largest country wholly in Europe; became a republic in 1793 after the French Revolution and an empire in 1804 under Napoleon; reverted to a monarchy (1815–48), followed by the Second Republic (1848–52), the Second Empire (1852–70), the Third Republic (1870–1940), and the Fourth and Fifth Republics (1946 and 1958); a member of the European Union. It is generally flat or undulating in the north and west and mountainous in the south and east. Official language: French. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Paris. Pop: 62 814 233 (2013 est). Area: (including Corsica) 551 600 sq km (212 973 sq miles) 0
- noun france Anatole (anatɔl), real name Anatole François Thibault. 1844–1924, French novelist, short-story writer, and critic. His works include Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), L'Île des Pingouins (1908), and La Révolte des anges (1914): Nobel prize for literature 1921 0
- noun france ˈAnaˌtole (ˈænəˌtoʊl ) ; anˈətōlˌ) (pseud. of Jacques Anatole François Thibault) 1844-1924; Fr. novelist & literary critic 0
- noun france country in W Europe, on the Atlantic & the Mediterranean Sea: 210,033 sq mi (543,983 sq km); pop. 56,615,000; cap. Paris 0