[fraŋk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the basic monetary unit of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and several other countries, equal to 100 centimes (replaced in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg by the euro in 2002)


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Origin:
from Old French, from Latin Francorum Rex ‘king of the Franks’, the legend on gold coins struck in the 14th century in the reign of Jean le Bon