. | 1. | an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr. |
| 2. | any of the monetary units of various other nations and territories, as Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, equal to 100 centimes. |
| 3. | a former silver coin of France, first issued under Henry III. |
| 4. | a former monetary unit of Algeria, Guinea, and Morocco. |

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franc (frāngk) n. Abbr. F or fr.
[Middle English frank, French gold coin, from Old French franc, from Medieval Latin Francōrum (rēx), (king) of the Franks (from the legend on the first of these coins), genitive pl. of Francus, Frank; see Frank.] |
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