Francien

See also: francien

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French francien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɒ̃.sjã/

Proper noun

Francien

1. The dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
   • 1996, Timothy James McGee, A. G. Rigg, David N. Klausner, Singing Early Music, →ISBN, page 66:

     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.

   • 2000, Susan C. Herring, Pieter Th. van Reenen, Lene Schøsler, Textual Parameters in Older Languages, →ISBN, page 50:

     The scarcity of texts localizable to the Ile-de-France region would seem to pose a serious challenge to Francien's privileged status.

   • 2003, Adrian Battye, Marie-Anne Hintze, Paul Rowlett, The French Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction, →ISBN:

     Conversely, native Francien-speaking poets often displayed a degree of linguistic smugness and superiority.

Adjective

Francien (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the dialect of Old French spoken in Île-de-France and its surrounding areas.
   • 2000, Susan C. Herring, Pieter Th. van Reenen, Lene Schøsler, Textual Parameters in Older Languages, →ISBN, page 50:

     Grammars of Old French are without exception based on the Francien dialect.

Anagrams

• Francine, financer