frankfurt

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see also: Frankfurt

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Noun

frankfurt (plural frankfurts)

1. (US, Australia) A frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.
   • 1942, Robert Byron Hinman, Robert Bernard Harris, The Story of Meat, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lTNBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22frankfurts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22frankfurts%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gLdVT7j5FI7zmAWmrtjqCQ&redir_esc=y page 137],

     Frankfurts of the highest quality are prepared generally from a mixture of approximately half beef and half pork.

Synonyms

• frank
• frankfurter

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Frankfurt

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɹæŋkfə(ɹ)t/

Proper noun

1. Frankfurt am Main, the largest city in Hesse, in central.
   1. (metonymically) The German financial industry.
      • 1998, Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH Information Services, German Brief, volume 10:

        The poor third-quarter results from Frankfurt had the broadest impact because they spotlighted the vulnerability of the listed German universal banks to the financial crisis spreading from Asia.

   2. (metonymically) The European Central Bank.
      • 2014, May 9, Dan O'Brien, Irish Independent, "Trichet like a broken record when what we need is fresh thinking ↗":

        Despite this risk, little has happened in the six months since Frankfurt cut interest rates causing one to wonder how different Draghi is from his predecessor.

2. Frankfurt an der Oder, a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern.

Translations

• French: Francfort
• German: Frankfurt am Main
• Italian: Francoforte
• Portuguese: Francoforte, Frankfurt
• Russian: Фра́нкфурт
• Spanish: Francfort

Translations

• French: Francfort
• German: Frankfurt an der Oder
• Italian: Francoforte
• Portuguese: Frankfurt
• Russian: Фра́нкфурт
• Spanish: Francfort

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