Meaning of French In English

• 0 the language that people speak in France, parts of Belgium and Canada, and other countries

• 1 belonging to or relating to France, its people, or its language:

  • French food/culture/music

  • We used to spend our holidays in a small French town.

• 2 to prepare a chop or rib (= a piece of meat cooked and served on the bone) by removing any meat from the end of the bone:

  • Prepare a 4-bone rack of lamb by Frenching the bones.

  • If the rib bones have been frenched, wrap them with aluminum foil so they don't blacken.

• 3 to French kiss (= kiss with the lips apart and the tongues touching):

  • Everywhere there were young couples Frenching.

  • I realized that the woman who was frenching me was his wife.