Formosan
adjective, noun
Formosan is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to Formosa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-M-O-S-A-N, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Formosan mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to Formosa.
noun
- 1
An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Formosa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Formosan
- more Formosan comparative
- most Formosan superlative
- Formosans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Formosan?
Formosan appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Formosan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to Formosa:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | formosan |
| Portuguese | formosano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Formosan come from?
From Formosa + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).