franc

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

franc, n. [F., fr. franc a Franc. See Frank, a.].

 A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland. In 1913 it was equivalent to about nineteen cents American, or ten pence British, and is divided into 100 centimes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

franc, n. the chief monetary unit of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, and several other countries.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. Francorum Rex king of the Franks, the legend on the earliest gold coins so called (14th c.): see FRANK

THESAURUS

franc

Deutschmark, Mark, Reichsmark, afghani, anna, baht, cent, centavo, centime, conto, dollar, dong, florin, guilder, gulden, kip, kopeck, krona, krone, lira, milreis, peseta, pie, piece of eight, pistareen, pound, rand, rial, ruble, rupee, shekel, shilling, sol, sou, stiver, won, yen