bactérien
French, adjective/bak.te.ʁjɛ̃/
bactérien is spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bactérien is a French adjective meaning “bacterial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux bactéries”.
What does bactérien mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bacterial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux bactéries.
noun: 1. Microorganisme pathogène.
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 bactérien
- bactérienne feminine
- bactériens masculine plural
- bactériennes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bactérien?
- /bak.te.ʁjɛ̃/
- \bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bactérien
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bactérien in French?
bactérien appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).