The use of the French language.

A group of continental West Germanic languages and dialects; spoken chiefly in the Netherlands, Flanders, and the Lower Rhine area of Germany.

one of two main subgroups of the West Central German dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western North Rhine-Westphalia, easternmost Belgium, and southeasternmost Limburg (Netherlands); distinguished from Rhine Franconian by the use of dat (“that”) and wat (“what”), and the consistent pronunciation of Germanic -β- as a fricative (i.e. [v], or [f] when now in coda position).

One of two subgroups of the Central Franconian dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Siegerland, and parts of eastern Belgium; distinguished from the northern Ripuarian by a number of fairly parallel isoglosses, of which the Moselle Franconian diphthongization of Germanic -ī-, -ū- is the most important.

one of two main subgroups of the West Central German dialects; spoken in Hesse, the southeastern half of Rhineland-Palatinate, northernmost Baden-Württemberg, and traditionally in Lorraine (France); distinguished from Central Franconian by the use of das (“that”) and was (“what”), and the pronunciation of Germanic -β- as a stop [p] when now in coda position.

one of four main subgroups of the Upper German dialects; spoken in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria as well as some adjacent parts of Germany

One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Farmington.

plural of Francoeur

A surname.

plural of Francom