francs
SayFRANKS/fɹæŋks/
- 1Plural of franc.
The painting sold at auction for several thousand francs.
Travelers exchanged their dollars for francs before crossing the border.
Note
A plural that now counts two kinds of money: currencies that are gone and currencies still in use. French, Belgian and Luxembourg francs were replaced by the euro, so a sum in those francs usually places a story in the past. For a living currency, add its name: Swiss francs, or West African and Central African CFA francs.
francs is a form of franc
franc, noun: A former unit of currency used in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg before being replaced by the euro. Full entry
- Forms
- francfrancs plural
- Spelling
- franc → francs: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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