French language
French (ISO 639-3 code fra) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in 12 countries. It has about 310,000,000 speakers.
French dictionary: 383,661 entries on Glottosphere. Open the French dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | fra |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | stan1290 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Andorra, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, France, French Guiana, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, St. Pierre & Miquelon, French Southern Territories, United States |
| Speakers (estimate) | 310,000,000 |
French words
- affaire
- arranger
- assemblage
- bande
- bien
- blanc
- bleu
- botte
- bourrer
- cadre
- cavalier
- cave
- chaleureux
- chaud
- cheminée
- claquer
- coco
- corbeau
- coucher
- coucou
- coup
- couper
- de
- devoir
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- German135,000,000 speakers
- Italian68,000,000 speakers
- Dutch30,000,000 speakers
- Greek13,000,000 speakers
- Catalan9,000,000 speakers
- Slovenian2,100,000 speakers
- Piemontese2,000,000 speakers
- Romagnol1,500,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
More about French
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.