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Definition: FRANKING |
FRANKINGNoun1. A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Frank |
Crosswords: FRANKING |
| English words defined with "FRANKING": franking machine. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Franking privilege. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This is attributed in a great degree to the increase of free letters growing out of the extension and abuse of the franking privilege. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "FRANKING" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "FRANKING" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 57.14% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "FRANKING": franking machine ♦ franking privilege. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
franking machine | 10 |
franking privilege | 10 |
franking meter | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FRANKING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 直率 (forthright, forthrightness, Frank, franked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | frankering (prepayment ( of postage ), stamping), porto (postage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | frankering (postage), 2. frankeerkosten (prepayment ( of postage ), stamping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | affranchissement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zutritt gewährend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | affrancatura (postage, stamping), 2. affrancatura (prepayment ( of postage ), stamping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 무료로 보냄. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ankingfray franquia (franchise, franciscan, Frank, postage). (various references) franqueo (postage, prepayment). (various references) frankerings-. (various references) mektup damgalama makinesi (franking machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "FRANKING": prefranking. (additional references) | |
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"FRANKING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: franckian, franken, Frankena, frankin, Frankling, Franzini, frenching, friking, Frumkin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FRANKING" (pronounced fra"ngking) |
| 6 | -r a" ng k i ng | cranking, ranking. |
| 5 | -a" ng k i ng | banking, blanking, clanking, flanking, nonbanking, planking, spanking, tanking, thanking, yanking. |
| 4 | -ng k i ng | blinking, debunking, drinking, flunking, honking, junking, linking, plinking, plunking, reinking, rethinking, shrinking, sinking, stinking, unthinking, winking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | aching, antismoking, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flicking, flocking, forking, forsaking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, plucking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shucking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tasking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-k-n-n-r" | |
-1 letter: narking, ranking. | |
-2 letters: faking, faring, raking. | |
-3 letters: fagin, fakir, frank, garni, grain, infra, kafir, kiang. | |
-4 letters: agin, airn, akin, fain, fair, fang, fiar, fink, firn, frag, frig, gain, gink, girn, gnar, gran, grin, kaif, kain, karn, kina, king, kirn, knar, naif, nark, ragi, rain, raki, rang, rani, rank, ring, rink. | |
-5 letters: ain, air, ani, arf. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-g-i-k-n-n-r" | |
+3 letters: prefranking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 52 41 4E 4B 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. .- -. -.- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01010010 01000001 01001110 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F R A N K I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0052 0041 004E 004B 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4052354845434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, francese, "랑스, francês, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán, tysk, alman |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, italiano, 이탈리아, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk, kore'li |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, svedese, 스웨덴, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turque, türkisch, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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