French people
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- noun
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franceses
- But this weekend, this coming weekend, as the French people gear up for a national election, everyone is wondering if this is the moment when France goes off the deep end.
- many French people
- most French people
There's this myth about the fact that French people don't want to ever work weekends.
- There's this myth about the fact that French people don't want to ever work weekends.
- No, no, no, I don't think you really understand how much French people like their food.
- What bothers me most, I think, in this Netflix show is that it puts all French people into one box.
- But they managed to find a story, the European story that both Germans and French people are happy with.
- With French exams becoming harder and harder over the years, and I suspect that quite a few French people would not pass the exam.
- And, and keep in mind, and keep getting that keep in mind, if you're riding around the roads of France during the Tour de France, that doesn't mean it's all French people.
- He, he was French and French people never learn English.
- But I, I said to the French people that, you know, you take Napoleon, for example.
Examples
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The chief desire among ordinary French people was for peace at almost any price.
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On behalf of all French people and on my own behalf, I offer you my warmest congratulations.
Blog text (25) -
I see French people drinking all the time.
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There were a lot of French people in this part of the city, you know.
Fiction book (1994) -
French people love their dogs.
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In the audience sit about twelve French people, all enjoying the music.
Fiction book (1994) -
But this weekend in a huge voter turn out, the French people rejected the far right.
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There's this myth about the fact that French people don't want to ever work weekends.
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The counter-elites probably did not represent the views of the majority of French people, but they were clearly important in shaping media coverage of the crisis and thus influenced the views of the French public.
Academic text (2000) -
Most French people enjoy a leisurely meal with family and friends.
Synonyms
People who live in or come from France
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'citizens or natives of France collectively' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'French' (from France) with 'people' (members of a community or nation). This adjective+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
French people is a simple compound: French (the adjective) plus people (a group). The word 'French' comes from an old group called the Franks who gave their name to the country long ago, so French people means 'people from France'.