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Fremen
The Fremen are the desert-dwelling people of Arrakis in Frank Herbert's Dune (1965), organized in sietches led by a Naib, with blue 'Eyes of Ibad', stillsuits, Zensunni origins, Arabic-inspired culture, and a terraforming dream.
Fremitus
Fremitus (vocal or tactile fremitus) is a voice-produced vibration palpated on the chest wall; increased over lung consolidation such as pneumonia, decreased over pleural effusion, pneumothorax, or emphysema, with low sensitivity but high specificity.
FREMM multipurpose frigate
The FREMM multipurpose frigate (French Aquitaine class, Italian Bergamini class) is a Franco-Italian class of multi-mission frigates developed jointly and first delivered to both navies in 2012.
Fremont Street
Fremont Street is Downtown Las Vegas' original 1905 thoroughfare, first paved street (1925), home of Glitter Gulch casinos, and since 1995 the five-block Fremont Street Experience pedestrian mall under a 1,375-foot LED canopy.
Fremont Street Experience
Fremont Street Experience: five-block pedestrian mall in downtown Las Vegas opened Dec 14, 1995 under Mayor Jan Jones, covered by the Viva Vision LED canopy (1,375 ft, 49.3 million lights) with free hourly shows and the SlotZilla zipline.
Fremont Troll
The Fremont Troll is an 18-foot concrete sculpture of a troll clutching a real Volkswagen Beetle, installed October 31, 1990 under Seattle's Aurora Bridge by Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter, and Ross Whitehead for the Fremont Arts Council.
Fremont, California
Fremont, California: Alameda County city on southeast San Francisco Bay, incorporated 1956 from Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Warm Springs, and Mission San Jose; about 226,000 residents and a major advanced manufacturing hub.
French 75 (cocktail)
French 75: classic Prohibition-era cocktail of gin or cognac, lemon juice, sugar, and Champagne, named for the WWI French 75mm field gun; first printed in 1927's Here's How, canonized in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book.
French academic publishing
French academic publishing is the sector producing scholarly books and journals in France, built on public institutions, learned societies, and about 60 to 70 small university presses.
French Academy in Rome
The French Academy in Rome, known as the Villa Médicis, is a French state institution founded by Louis XIV in 1666 that hosts artists in residence in Rome.
French Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences): learned society founded by Colbert in 1666, first session December 22, 1666; member of the Institut de France with 315 elected life members, advisory and prize-awarding missions.
French Air and Space Force
French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace, AAE), France's air and space service; runs nuclear deterrence via Strategic Air Forces Rafale squadrons, air policing, and the Space Command created in 2019.
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the nuclear-powered flagship of the French Navy, France's only carrier, operating Rafale M fighters from Toulon since 2001.
French aircraft carrier PA2
French aircraft carrier PA2 (Porte-Avions 2) was a planned second carrier for the French Navy, ordered in principle in 2003 and abandoned by the 2013 defense white paper.
French Algeria
French Algeria (1830-1962), also called Algérie française, was French settler colonial rule in Algeria, administered from 1848 as integral French departments, marked by land expropriation, the indigénat, the Crémieux decree, and independence in 1962 after the Algerian War.
French Alps
The French Alps are the French portion of the Alps, covering 35,000 km² and home to Mont Blanc and the world's largest lift-linked ski areas, including Les Trois Vallées.
French Americans
French Americans, also known as Franco-Americans, are people in the United States of French ancestry, about 6.3 million in 2022, concentrated in California and New England.
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763), also called the War of Conquest in Quebec, was the North American theater of the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, ending with the 1763 Treaty of Paris and French expulsion from North America.
French annexation of Cochinchina (1867)
The French annexation of Cochinchina in 1867 was France's occupation of the provinces of Vĩnh Long, Châu Đốc, and Hà Tiên, completing the six-province colony of Cochinchina.
French Armed Forces
The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France, comprising the Army, Navy, Air and Space Force, and National Gendarmerie as a fourth branch.
French Army
The French Army (Armée de Terre) is France's land force, founded as a standing army by the 1445 Grande Ordonnance; today a professional force of about 144,000, funded by the €413 billion 2024-2030 LPM and transformed by Scorpion and drones.
French Army in World War I
The French Army in World War I (Armée française, 1914–1918): the conscript land force of France in the Great War, mobilizing over three million men under Joffre, fighting on the Marne and at Verdun, enduring the 1917 mutinies, mechanizing with the Renault FT, and winning under Foch in 1918.
French Army Light Aviation
French Army Light Aviation (Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre, ALAT) is the French Army's aviation branch, created in 1954, with more than 340 aircraft including Tigre attack helicopters.
French assistance to Nguyễn Ánh
French assistance to Nguyễn Ánh (Hiệp ước Versailles 1787): the 1787 Treaty of Versailles, Pigneau de Béhaine's embassy, promised versus delivered aid, French officers, and the treaty's role in later Franco-Vietnamese relations.
French Austral Lands and Seas
French Austral Lands and Seas (Terres et mers australes françaises), French World Heritage site inscribed 2019: Crozet, Kerguelen, Saint-Paul and Amsterdam islands; over 166 million ha, 50 million birds, largest King Penguin population.
French ban on face covering
French ban on face covering: Law no. 2010-1192 of 11 October 2010, effective 11 April 2011, outlawing face concealment in public space with €150 fines, upheld by the Conseil constitutionnel and ECtHR in S.A.S. v France (2014).
French Baroque painting
French Baroque painting is the 17th-century painting of France, a restrained, classically organized adaptation of the Italian Baroque associated with Louis XIV's Grand Siècle and the Royal Academy.
French Basque Country
French Basque Country (Iparralde, Pays basque français): the French part of the Basque Country in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, formed of Labourd, Lower Navarre and Soule; 321,963 inhabitants (2025), about 20% Basque-speaking, with the 2017 Communauté d'agglomération as its institution.
French battleship Bouvet
The French battleship Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought built at Lorient and completed in 1898, sunk by a mine in the Dardanelles in 1915 with heavy loss of life.
French battleship Bretagne
Bretagne was a French dreadnought battleship completed in 1915 that served in the Mediterranean in both world wars and was sunk at Mers-el-Kébir in 1940.