Frenchy

[ fren-chee ]

noun

, plural French·ies.

1. Informal: Disparaging. a native or inhabitant of France or a person of French descent.

adjective

, French·i·er, French·i·est.

1. characteristic or suggestive of the French people, French culture, etc.

Frenchy

/ ˈfrɛntʃɪ /

adjective

1. characteristic of or resembling the French

noun

1. a name for a French person

Other Words From

• French·i·ly adverb
• French·i·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Frenchy¹

First recorded in 1820–30; French ¹ + -y ¹, for the adjective; French ¹( def ) + -y ²( def ) for the noun

Example Sentences

For the character Frenchy, she dyed a wig bright red using a Magic Marker and fashioned a pink poodle skirt out of her own bath mat and furry toilet seat cover.

From New York Times

Hiding thinly veiled vitriol, the siblings refer to Antoine as “Frenchy,” and invoke Napoleon Bonaparte’s military campaign to conquer Galicia as reason enough to dislike him.

From Los Angeles Times

That same decade, the famed underground hash maker Frenchy Cannoli started teaching workshops about ancient hash-making traditions after traveling India and the world for 20 years to learn all he could about hash.

From Salon

Four years before Frenchy, Rizzo and Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets, a group of friends at Rydell High leaned into their image of “bad girls,” called themselves the Pink Ladies and created a girl gang.

From Seattle Times

Set in 1954, four years before the events of the hit 1978 film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John — itself an adaptation of the 1971 stage musical — “Pink Ladies” explores how a group of four Rydell outcasts forged a friendship, then became the title girl gang, forebears to Rizzo, Frenchy and the other beloved Pink Ladies from the movie.

From New York Times