acridien
\a.kʁi.djɛ̃\
The verdict
“acridien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ressemble à une sauterelle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acridien · acridien · French
acridien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acridien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.kʁi.djɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « acridien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
acridien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.kʁi.djɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for acridien in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is acridien, spelled A-C-R-I-D-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui ressemble à une sauterelle.
- 2Relatif aux acrididés, c’est-à-dire aux criquets (autrefois confondus avec les sauterelles).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acridien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’agriculture malienne est souvent menacée par des invasions acridiennes.
La Grande-Bretagne avait entrepris de compter ses sujets au Nigeria dès 1866, d’abord dans la colonie de Lagos, puis au-delà et, après l’ « amalgamation » du Nord et du Sud en 1914, à l’échelle du pays ainsi créé de toutes pièces. Mais, parfois, une invasion acridienne ou une émeute contre l’impôt de capitation rendaient le décompte impossible.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.