aurignacien
French, adjective/o.ʁi.ɲa.sjɛ̃/
aurignacien is spelled A-U-R-I-G-N-A-C-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aurignacien is a French adjective meaning “Aurignacian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Aurignac, commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Garonne”.
What does aurignacien mean in English?
adjective
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Aurignacian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant d’Aurignac, commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Garonne.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Aurignac, commune française située dans le département de la Haute-Garonne. 2. Relatif à la période préhistorique de l’aurignacien.
noun: 1. Rare graphie de la période préhistorique de l’Aurignacien.
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 aurignacien
- aurignacienne feminine
- aurignaciens masculine plural
- aurignaciennes feminine plural
- Aurignaciens plural
- Aurignacienne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aurignacien?
- /o.ʁi.ɲa.sjɛ̃/
- /ɔ.ʁi.ɲa.sjɛ̃/
- \o.ʁi.ɲa.sjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aurignacien in French?
aurignacien appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).