acadien
French, adjective
acadien is spelled A-C-A-D-I-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acadien is a French adjective meaning “of Acadia; Acadian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Acadien is a different word: “Acadian (a native of Acadia)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à l’Acadie, ses habitants, sa langue et sa culture”.
What does acadien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Acadia; Acadian
noun
- 1
masculineAcadian (a native of Acadia)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’Acadie, ses habitants, sa langue et sa culture.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Akkad; akkadien.
adjective: 1. Qui est en rapport avec la division stratigraphique de l’Acadien, ancien terme pour le Cambrien moyen.
noun: 1. Langue des francophones de l’Acadie.
noun: 1. Habitant ou originaire de l’Acadie.
noun: 1. Terme désuet pour la division stratigraphique qui correspond au Cambrien moyen actuel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acadien
- acadienne feminine
- acadiens masculine plural
- acadiennes feminine plural
- Acadiens plural
- Acadienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to acadien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acadien in French?
acadien appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).