different between french vs baccara

English

Etymology

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: fr?nch, IPA^(key): /f??nt??/, [f???n?t??]
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)

1. (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
2. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
3. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
4. (cooking) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Synonyms

• (to kiss while inserting tongue): French kiss, French

Derived terms

• frenched

Translations

See also

• French
• julienne

English

Alternative forms

• baccarat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.???æ/

Noun

baccara (uncountable)

1. A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

French

Alternative forms

• baccarat

Etymology

Likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin [1291?]. If by some Vulgar Latin *Bacchara, the town is possibly named from Latin Bacchi ara ("altar of Bacchus"; the original pagan reference of the name was forgotten), name of an ancient Roman castellum, of which there remains a relic called the "Tower of Bacha" on the heights of Deneuvre, from whence Baccarat is an ancient suburb. Other hypotheses have also been suggested, including descent from Celtic.

Probably linked to Provençal baccara, although if the town etymology is correct, this may present some geographic difficulty.

Pronunciation

Noun

baccara m (uncountable)

1. baccarat (card game)

Descendants

• ? Spanish: bacará

Further reading

• “baccara” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin baccaris, from Ancient Greek ???????? (bákkaris, “clary”), a word borrowed from Lydian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bak.ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -akkara

Noun

baccara f (plural baccare)

1. wild ginger

   Synonym: asaro