artésien
French, adjective
artésien is spelled A-R-T-É-S-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Artésien is a French adjective meaning “artesian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Artésien is a different word: “Artesian (native or inhabitant of Artois, a geographic region in the…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “De l’Artois”.
What does artésien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
artesian
- 2
Artesian (of, from or relating to Artois, a geographic region in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France)
noun
- 1
masculineArtesian (native or inhabitant of Artois, a geographic region in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France) (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De l’Artois. 2. Qualifie un type de nappe aquifère, ses résurgences, ses puits. 3. Relatif à Artaix, commune française située dans le département de la Saône-et-Loire.
noun: 1. Patois parlé en Artois.
noun: 1. Celui qui habite l’Artois ou qui en provient. 2. Habitant d’Artaix, commune française située dans le département de la Saône-et-Loire.
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 artésien
- Artésiens plural
- Artésienne feminine
- artésienne feminine
- artésiens masculine plural
- artésiennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to artésien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is artésien in French?
artésien appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).