fric French · revision 16638

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=clipping|attested=1879|origins=fr fricot}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /fʁik/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fric''' ''m'' (uncountable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is not clear.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) It is perhaps a clipping of [[fricot]] “feast, good meal”, from the money needed for such festivities; the Grand Robert, the GLLF and the Petit Robert accept it, but Rey notes that it is not proved.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992) Rey also suggests a derivative of [[fricasser]] or [[frire]] meaning “food”, like [[blé]] and [[galette]] for money, and mentions an old phrase meaning “by dishonest gain”, kept in [[fric-frac]] but unexplained.^(DHLF 1992) Wiktionary adds the influence of [[fricoter]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaston Esnault records it in 1879, from the manuscript notes of Nouguier, Macé uses it in 1889.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It has remained a familiar and very common word for money.^(DHLF 1992) In slang ''être au fric'' meant to be rich (1901, Bruant), and the adjective ''friqué'' “rich” dates from about 1930.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1879 – First record, according to Esnault.^(TLFi)

+ * 1901 – ''Être au fric'', Bruant.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1930 – ''Friqué''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(familiar)'' Money, [[m|en|dough]], cash: ''avoir du fric'', ''plein de fric''.^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[friqué]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fricot]]

+ * [[fricoter]]

+ * [[fric-frac]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}