different between french vs scanlate

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

Etymology

Blend of scan +? translate

Verb

scanlate (third-person singular simple present scanlates, present participle scanlating, simple past and past participle scanlated)

1. (transitive) To scan and translate (a Korean or Japanese manga) in order to distribute it to speakers of other (usually Western) languages.

Related terms

• scanlation
• scanlator

Anagrams

• Analects, analects