arpitan
French, noun/aʁ.pi.tɑ̃/
arpitan is spelled A-R-P-I-T-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arpitan is a French masculine noun meaning “Arpitan (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue gallo-romaine parlée en Arpitanie, c’est-à-dire la majeure partie du Val d’Aoste, de la Romandie, et…”.
What does arpitan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineArpitan (language)
adjective
- 1
Arpitan
- 2
Arpitanian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue gallo-romaine parlée en Arpitanie, c’est-à-dire la majeure partie du Val d’Aoste, de la Romandie, et de Rhône-Alpes, ainsi qu’une partie de la Franche-Comté, du Piémont, de la Saône-et-Loire, et des Pouilles.
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’Arpitanie. 2. Relatif à l’arpitan.
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 arpitan
- arpitane feminine
- arpitans masculine plural
- arpitanes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arpitan?
- /aʁ.pi.tɑ̃/
- \aʁ.pi.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arpitan in French?
arpitan appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).