/frangk/ ; Fr. /frddahonn/ , n. , pl. francs /frangks/ ; Fr. /frddahonn/ .
1. an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, equal to 100 centimes. Abbr.: F., f., Fr, fr.
2. any of the monetary units of various other nations and territories, as Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, equal to 100 centimes.
3. a former silver coin of France, first issued under Henry III.
4. a former monetary unit of Algeria, Guinea, and Morocco.
[ 1350-1400; ME frank franc, so called because the coin was first inscribed with the name of the king as ML Rex Francorum King of the Franks ]