Francfort

English

Etymology

Via French Francfort.

Proper noun

Francfort

1. Obsolete spelling of Frankfurt., either of two major German cities.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630:

     FRANCFORT, a city of Germany, ſituated on the confines of Heſſe and Franconia, on both ſides of the river Maine: E. lon. 7° 20′, N. lat. 50° 10′.
     Francfort on the Oder, a city of Germany, in the circle of Upper Saxony, and marquiſate of Brandenburgh, ſituated in E. long. 15°, N. lat. 52° 22′.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɑ̃k.fɔʁ/

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Proper noun

Francfort f

1. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)
2. Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)

Derived terms

• francfortois
• Francfortois