Frănc, n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Pr. Franc, Sp., Pg., & It. Franco, from Fr. Franc; Lat. Francus, O. H. Ger. Franko, Francho, N. H. Ger. Franke, Eng. Frank, name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, that afterward founded the French monarchy. Cf. FRANK, a coin, and FRANK, 2.] A silver coin, originally of France, and the unit of the French monetary system. It is equal to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.